Patent ID: 8167162

Claim:
A sanitary cover for maintaining the cleanliness of a lid of a beverage container prior to drinking therefrom, said lid having an arcuate planar rim with a drinking aperture formed therethrough, said arcuate planar rim having a cylindrical or frustoconical side wall adjacent an edge of said lid, said sanitary cover comprising: a thin, flexible, fluid impervious planar sheet of material having an elongate body, said body having an elongate upper portion and an elongate lower portion, a lower side of said body having adhesive applied thereto; said elongate lower portion to be applied against at least a portion of said side wall of said lid, and said elongate upper portion to be applied against said arcuate planar rim so as to cover said drinking aperture and at least a portion of said arcuate planar rim about said drinking aperture, whereby said elongate lower portion and said elongate upper portion together cover a mouth contact area of said lid; wherein said elongate upper portion is integrally formed with said elongate lower portion and has at least one slit formed transversely thereacross, said at least one slit forming at least two tabs from said elongate upper portion such that said at least two tabs cover said drinking aperture and at least a portion of said arcuate planar rim about said drinking aperture.