INVENTIONS RELATING TO DRINKING VESSELS

摘要

A drinking vessel (10, 105, 110, 118, 126, 140, 150) is provided for use in an upright orientation and an upturned orientation. The vessel includes a mouthpiece portion (20, 20´, 108, 116, 124, 132, 132´, 156) and a conduit portion (54, 54´, 54´´, 80, 80´) fluidly connected to the mouthpiece portion. The conduit portion has a lower opening (56, 56´, 88, 164) through which fluid may be drawn to the mouthpiece portion when the vessel is oriented in a substantially upright orientation. The vessel further includes an intermediate inlet (68, 68´, 68´´, 94) fluidly connected to the mouthpiece portion. The intermediate inlet is disposed intermediate the lower opening and the mouthpiece portion. The vessel further includes a flow controller (64, 64´, 64´´, 64´´´, 82, 135) operable to control flow to the mouthpiece portion from the intermediate inlet, according to the orientation of the vessel. A lid (18, 18´, 106, 112, 120, 128, 130, 130´, 154) for a drinking vessel and a drinking conduit (54, 54´, 54´´, 80, 80´) are also claimed.