Patent ID: 7073678

Claim:
A beverage container comprising: a base having inner and outer walls cooperating to define a thermally insulating vacuum space therebetween and defining a beverage-containing reservoir, a cover assembly removably mountable on the base for closing the reservoir, the cover assembly comprising: a cap positioned at an upper and outer surface of the cover assembly and defining a recess also on the upper and outer surface and open to ambient when the cover assembly is mounted on the base, the cap having an aperture therethrough spaced from the recess, a drain/drink passage opening to and communicating with the recess, a vent opening providing communication between the drain/drink passage and ambient, the vent opening having an exit end exiting the cap at a location spaced from the aperture and from the recess, and a valve assembly movable between an open condition providing communication between the reservoir and the drain/drink passage and a closed condition sealing the drain/drink passage from the reservoir, and a manually operated actuator mechanism accessible through the aperture of the cap.