Patent ID: 7806289

Claim:
A disposable beverage cup lid for a container having an opening bounded by a rim, said cup lid comprising: a sheath part, an insert part, a cap part and an intermediate part, the sheath part being annular, having an aperture defined therethrough and having a first end and a second end, the cap part occluding the second end of the sheath part, the insert part being shaped and dimensioned to be received within the sheath part in spaced relation, wherein the sheath part is secured to the insert part at a side opposite to that in which the aperture is formed; the intermediate part being flexibly connected to the first end of the sheath part and the insert part and extending therebetween such that the sheath part, insert part, cap part and intermediate part together define a body having an interior surface and an exterior surface; connection means for sealing the body to the container in use such that the insert part extends outwardly from the container and such that the interior surface defines an interior space into which the opening of said container opens during use of said closure; a tubular pedestal rigidly extending between and connecting an insert part first end to said connection means said body being selectively deformable, upon manual manipulation, between an open configuration, wherein the interior space is in fluid communication with the aperture, and a closed configuration, wherein, upon manual manipulation to the closed configuration, the intermediate part collapses into the sheath part in form-fitting relation to seal the aperture and the insert part is collapsed into the intermediate part; and said insert part first end constructed of a smaller external dimension than said first end of said sheath part, thereby to define, in the closed configuration, an overhanging lip extending radially beyond said tubular pedestal, which can be pried upwardly by fingers of a user.