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James River Corporation of Virginia

Reinhold Gerber

Jonathan E Rush

Bruce R Smith

Phillip D Scalvini

The drinking cup lid includes a cover portion and at least one tab extending from the cover portion and movable into a retaining position adjacent the sidewalls of the cup to securely attach the lid to the cup while providing a gripping area insulated from the thermal effects of the contents of the cup. The tabs include a retaining groove adapted to receive the rim of the cup and a latching lip for sealingly engaging the rim when the tabs are moved into the retaining position. A gripping portion of each tab is positioned adjacent the sidewalls when the tabs are in the retaining position. The gripping portion is maintained a spaced radial distance from the sidewalls by both a hinge which provides a pivot axis about which the tab rotates and a rib formed by a stiffening groove extending along the tab.

Winged cup lid

A thin walled, plastic, disposable lid is provided having a generally circular closure wall including an integral peripheral skirt depending from the rim portion thereof. The closure wall is divided into a central portion and an annular outer portion with the annular outer portion lying in a plane below that of the central portion. The two portions are connected by way of a U-shaped recess which has a bottom wall lying in a plane below that of the annular outer portion. A plurality of lug members extend downwardly from the bottom wall and are positioned at predetermined segments of the bottom wall. The lug members also extend downwardly a predesigned distance so as to position the bottom wall of the recess of a first lid in a stack coplanar with the central portion of the lid on which the first lid rests. Also, the peripheral skirt includes a plurality of inwardly directed lands with a plurality of flutes of varying circumferential lengths positioned between the lands in order to space the lands about the skirt.

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Easton, PA, United States of America

Reinhold Gerber