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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
Stephen Alan Smith, Naperville, IL (US);
Dawn Ellen Huston, Linderhurst, IL (US);
Warren Giles Wiedmeyer, Trevor, WI (US);
Stephen William Sullivan, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Rich Matthew Chin, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Mohammed Maqsood Ahmed, Niles, IL (US);
John Stewart Gitschlag, Chicago, IL (US);
David Raymond Langelan, Oak Park, IL (US);
Rajendra Ranjitbhai Chauhan, Skokie, IL (US);
William Edward Hurst, Lisle, IL (US);
James Tam Joines, Jr., Gurnee, IL (US);
Kevin Ray Smith, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Mark Gerald Anhalt, Franklin, WI (US);
Bryce G. Rutter, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brian C. Bone, St. Louis, MO (US);
Heath A. Doty, Richmond Heights, MO (US);
Stephen Alan Smith, Naperville, IL (US);
Dawn Ellen Huston, Linderhurst, IL (US);
Warren Giles Wiedmeyer, Trevor, WI (US);
Stephen William Sullivan, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Rich Matthew Chin, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Mohammed Maqsood Ahmed, Niles, IL (US);
John Stewart Gitschlag, Chicago, IL (US);
David Raymond Langelan, Oak Park, IL (US);
Rajendra Ranjitbhai Chauhan, Skokie, IL (US);
William Edward Hurst, Lisle, IL (US);
James Tam Joines, Jr., Gurnee, IL (US);
Kevin Ray Smith, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Mark Gerald Anhalt, Franklin, WI (US);
Bryce G. Rutter, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brian C. Bone, St. Louis, MO (US);
Heath A. Doty, Richmond Heights, MO (US);
Solo Cup Operating Corporation, Highland Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A reclosable lidfor a container holding a flowable substance has a first piece or cover, and a movable second piece or disk. The coverhas a top wall, a side walland a mounting portionfor connecting the lidon the container. The coverhas an openingadapted to permit the flow of the substance through the lid. The coverfurther includes a slotlocated in the top wall. The diskhas at least one aperture, a post, and a projection. The apertureand the projectionare each cooperatively dimensioned with the opening. The postis adapted to be received by the slotin the cover. The diskis movable between a first position wherein at least a portion of the projectionis received in the openingin the first position, and a second position wherein the apertureis aligned with the openingin the second position. A support ledgeand a support edgeon an inner surfaceof the coverare adapted to provide rotatable support to the disk