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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Mayborn (Uk) Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Nicholas Cudworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Anthony Jonathan Sanders, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Richard Parker, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Peter Angus, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Matthew O'Brien, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Kevin Crulley, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Mayborn (UK) Limited, Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to a valve element () for allowing a user to drink from an upper rim () of a valve assembly () comprising a body () comprising a resiliently deformable portion () having a rim (), the rim () located in a first plane, wherein at least the rim () of the resiliently deformable portion () is configured to deform substantially inwardly, to be located in a second plane, into a sealing position within a valve assembly (), and further wherein a portion () of the rim () is configured to lift out of the second plane upon application of a suction force to an upper surface () of a corresponding portion () of the resiliently deformable portion (). The invention also relates to a valve assembly () comprising a valve element () according to the invention.