Patent ID: 8113379

Claim:
A hot cup lid for mounting on a hot cup and providing alternate modes of accessing the contents of the cup, said lid comprising: a drinking opening defined therethrough for direct drinking access to the contents of an underlying cup; a tear flap joined to said lid for movement between a closed position overlying and closing said drinking opening, and an open position opening said drinking opening; a sipping opening through said lid remote from said drinking opening, said sipping opening being substantially smaller than said drinking opening; a peripheral rim including a downwardly directed cavity with an outer skirt adapted to engage and seal to the lip of an open mouth cup, said flap including an aligned section of said peripheral rim; a top portion including a well disposed in said top portion, said well including a flap retaining ridge; a tab integral with said peripheral rim and projecting outwardly therefrom beyond the outer periphery of said lid; and a pair of upwardly projecting lugs on said tab, said lugs having a configuration complementary to the flap retaining ridge and well for retention of said lugs on said flap retaining ridge in the open position of said flap.