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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2010
Charles Jones, Rockford, IL (US);
Charles Jones, Rockford, IL (US);
J.L. Clark, Inc., Rockford, IL (US);
Abstract
A container and a lid for a container or container is provided. The container includes a lid and container body to which the lid is attached. The container may further include a storage compartment attached to the end of the container body. The lid includes a lid body defining a drinking aperture providing access to a central cavity of the container. The lid includes a snap closure pivoting relative to the lid body between an open position permitting fluid to pass through the drinking aperture, a first closed position with a portion of the snap closure is only biased against, but not engaged with, the lid body to prevent fluid to pass through the drinking aperture and a second closed position wherein the snap closure is engaged with the lid body.