Liquid Dispensing Lid

摘要

A liquid dispensing lid is described and which includes a lid body defining a drinking aperture, and an internal cavity, and wherein the lid body cooperates with a drinking vessel for enclosing a source of a liquid to be consumed, and a fluid regulating plate is provided, and which movably cooperates with the lid body, and which further is operable to move along a path of travel from a first position which impedes the movement of the liquid to the drinking aperture, to a second position which allows liquid to move to the drinking aperture.

主权项

1. A liquid dispensing lid, comprising:
a lid body having a drinking aperture, and which further defines an internal cavity, and wherein the lid body releasably cooperates with a drinking vessel which encloses a source of a liquid to be consumed through the drinking aperture; an actuator assembly moveably mounted within the internal cavity of the lid body, and wherein an external force applied to the actuator assembly moves the actuator assembly along a first path of travel; a fluid regulating plate which movably cooperates with the lid body, and wherein the actuator assembly forcibly engages the fluid regulating plate when the external force is applied to the actuator assembly to move the fluid regulating plate along a second path of travel from a first position which impedes the movement of the liquid to the drinking aperture, to a second position which allows liquid movement to the drinking aperture; and a biasing member mounted on the lid body, and further coupled to the fluid regulating plate, and wherein the biasing member biasingly urges the fluid regulating plate towards the first position along the second path travel when the external force is no longer applied to the actuator assembly.