Solo Cup Company

Solo Cup Operating Corporation

Peter Robert Wills

Brian Norman Clarke

Nigel Frank Taylor

The present invention provides a lid for a beverage container. The lid has a mounting portion configured to connect the lid to the container and an annular side wall extending upward from the mounting portion. The lid also includes a top wall extending radially inward from the side wall, wherein the top wall has both a circular outer periphery and a circular inner periphery. An upwardly extending protrusion is pivotally connected to the top wall by a hinge. A central portion is positioned radially inward of the top wall, wherein the central portion has a circular outer periphery. The central portion is vertically positioned between the mounting portion and the top wall. The protrusion is pivotable about the hinge between a sealed position and an open position to define a drink opening residing entirely within the top wall.

Lid with drink opening

The present invention provides a lid for a beverage cup. The lid has a generally annular side wall, a rib depending from the side wall, and a top wall extending radially inward from the side wall. The lid further includes a central region positioned radially inward of the top wall. The central region has a well with a notched portion. The lid also includes a projection extending from a portion of the side wall. A living hinge formed by a line of weakness at the base of the projection permits the projection to pivot between an open position and a closed position. The central region has a shoulder portion that engages the tip of the projection to secure the projection in the open position.

The present invention provides a lidfor a beverage cup. The lidhas a generally annular side wall, a ribdepending from the side wall, and a top wallextending radially inward from the side wall. The lidfurther includes a central regionpositioned radially inward of the top wall. The central regionhas a wellwith a notched portion. The lidalso includes a projectionextending from a portion of the side wall. A living hinge formed by a line of weakness at the baseof the projectionpermits the projectionto pivoted between an open position and a closed position. The central regionhas a shoulder portionthat engages the tipof the projectionto secure the projectionin the open position.

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Huntingdon, United Kingdom

Peter Robert Wills