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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Peter Michaelian, Woodside, NY (US);
Eric Freitag, New York, NY (US);
Erica Eden, New York, NY (US);
Dean Dipietro, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Peter Michaelian, Woodside, NY (US);
Eric Freitag, New York, NY (US);
Erica Eden, New York, NY (US);
Dean DiPietro, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Helen of Troy Limited, St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
A beverage container lid for a container base having a reservoir, the lid comprising a shell removably mountable on the base comprising a first drink passage that extends through the shell and communicates with ambient and a cartridge removably engageable to the shell. A second drink passage is in communication with the first drink passage and is formed between an outer surface of the cartridge and inner surface of the shell. The cartridge comprises a valve that is moveable between an open condition and closed condition to control communication between the reservoir and second drink passage.