Patent ID: 8313002

Claim:
A lid for a beverage container comprising: an outer peripheral portion attachable to an upper edge of a container; and a main portion provided at an inside of the outer peripheral portion, the main portion having a one-piece structure, wherein the main portion has a top wall extending along a horizontal plane, the main portion includes a drink opening and an aroma opening disposed near the drink opening, the drink opening has a communicating hole as a through hole, and an aroma opening communicates an inside space of the main portion with an outside space; wherein the drink opening is disposed near a first position of the outer peripheral portion, wherein the aroma opening defines a hollow space recessed downward from the top wall, and the aroma opening is disposed next to the drink opening to extend toward a second position of the outer peripheral position that is opposite to the first position in a radial direction thereof, wherein the aroma opening includes at least an aroma hole wall, and the aroma hole wall hangs down along a first plane that is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the main portion, wherein the aroma hole wall has a vertical aroma hole thereon, the vertical aroma hole is a through hole extending along the first plane on the aroma hole wall, the vertical aroma hole has a size enough to give an aroma of a beverage in the beverage container to an outside, and the vertical aroma hole extends along the first plane providing splash preventing means for preventing the beverage in the beverage container from splattering to the outside, while permitting only the aroma to be discharged to the outside in a sufficient amount, wherein the aroma opening has a front wall, the aroma hole wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls, the front wall extends downward from a first end of the aroma opening, that is located at a side of the drink opening on the top wall, toward a center part of the top wall, the aroma hole wall hangs down from a lower end of the front wall in substantially a vertical direction, the rear wall extends downward from a second end of the aroma opening, that is located at a side opposite to the side of the drink opening on the top wall, toward the center part of the top wall, and the side walls connect lateral opposite ends of the front wall and the rear wall, wherein the aroma opening defines the hollow space having the vertical aroma hole disposed at the center part of the top wall, and the aroma opening has a width at a rear end of the rear wall smaller than a width at a front end of the front wall so that the aroma opening gradually tapers from the side of the drink opening toward the second position of the outer peripheral portion in plan view.