Patent ID: 7992741

Claim:
A lid for a drinking cup, the lid comprising: a rim portion adapted to matingly engage the drinking cup so as to selectively maintain the lid in a covering relationship on the cup; a cover portion extending from the rim portion, the cover portion having a central portion with a planar surface and a perimeter portion that defines a perimeter of the central portion, the perimeter portion having a sloped surface extending from the perimeter of the central portion; a hinged portion defined within the cover portion and having a hollow raised tab integrally formed thereon, the tab being totally recessed within the sloped surface of the perimeter portion, the hinged portion being rotatable about a hinge so as to provide a drinking opening in the lid, wherein the hinge is integrally formed in the planar surface of the central portion of the cover portion along the perimeter of the central portion that is defined by the perimeter portion of the cover portion; and a recess integrally formed in the planar surface of the lid adjacent the integrally formed hinge, the hinged portion being selectively outwardly rotatable about the hinge such that the hollow raised tab is received in nested, detachably locking engagement in the recess.