Patent ID: 7946752

Claim:
A drinking apparatus comprising: a thermally insulated mug body to hold a beverage and having an open top, wherein the mug body has an outer layer whose size and shape is designed so that the mug body fits a vehicle cup holder; a lid fitted to the open top of the mug body, the lid having a base in which a sipper hole is formed, a vent hole formed in the base of the lid and being spaced apart from the sipper hole to ease beverage flow through the sipper hole, and a raised rim extending upward from the base at its periphery, the raised rim having a height, thickness, and shape selected to provide a comfortable mouthpiece at which a user is to sip the beverage out through the sipper hole; a sipping mechanism that has an open position through which there can be beverage flow out of the mug body through the sipper hole in the lid, and a closed position that precludes the beverage flow; and a stirring mechanism having an arm extending down from a bottom surface of a base of the lid into the mug body and an agitator element coupled to the arm to rotate therewith at a position inside the mug body, the agitator element having a substantially vertical flap transverse to the arm, the stirring mechanism to provide for rotation of the arm relative to the lid.