Patent ID: 8851314

Claim:
A lid and utensil assembly, comprising: a generally oval-shaped lid having a planar, continuous inner wall, a continuous side wall formed around and extending generally perpendicularly from the inner wall, a non-continuous seal rib on the interior of the side wall and extending around the periphery of the side wall forming one or more vents, and an attachment member extending downwardly from the inner wall and including a lip surrounding a distal end of the attachment member; and a one-piece rigid utensil having a cup-shaped portion with a continuously curved outer edge and a handle terminating in an end edge wherein the continuously curved outer edge of the cup-shaped portion is generally coplanar with the handle, the cup-shaped portion having a convex side, a plurality of strengthening ribs extending from the convex side of the cup-shaped portion substantially the length of the handle, and a single utensil attachment point comprising a single aperture through the handle located adjacent the terminal end edge of the handle away from the cup-shaped portion to aid in gripping, leveraging and removing the one-piece rigid utensil from the lid by pulling on the handle opposite the end edge; wherein the attachment member of the lid is adapted to engage the single aperture generally such that the utensil is selectively secured to and removed from the lid, wherein the continuously curved outer edge of the cup-shaped portion is positioned adjacent to and facing the continuous inner wall when the one-piece rigid utensil is secured to the attachment member.