Lid for a beverage cup including a snack storage reservoir

摘要

A lid for a beverage cup includes: (a) a radial collar configured to engage with a rim of a drinking cup mouth, having an inner radial surface and an outer radial surface; (b) an outer reservoir wall extending axially upward from the outer surface of the radial collar and enclosing a reservoir chamber above the radial collar, and including an upper rim; (c) a reservoir floor extending radially inward from an upper end of the inner surface of the radial collar and substantially closing the reservoir chamber from below the reservoir floor, the floor including a fluid path opening providing at least part of a fluid path extending upward through the reservoir chamber, the fluid path opening being positioned along a first diametrical line extending through the reservoir chamber; (d) an inner wall separating the fluid path from the reservoir chamber substantially in the shape of an upside-down funnel extending upward from the floor, having a minor diameter extending above a vertical level of the upper rim of the outer reservoir wall to form a spout; and (e) a cap connected to the upper rim of the outer wall with a first living hinge and including a first segment with a hole adapted to receive the spout.

主权项

1. A lid for a beverage cup comprising:
a radial collar configured to engage with a rim of a drinking cup mouth, having an inner radial surface and an outer radial surface; an outer reservoir wall extending axially upward from the outer surface of the radial collar and enclosing a reservoir chamber above the radial collar, and including an upper rim; a reservoir floor extending radially inward from an upper end of the inner surface of the radial collar and substantially closing the reservoir chamber from below the reservoir floor, the floor including a fluid path opening providing at least part of a fluid path extending upward through the reservoir chamber, the fluid path opening being positioned along a first diametrical line extending through the reservoir chamber; an inner wall separating the fluid path from the reservoir chamber; and a cap connected to the upper rim of the outer reservoir wall along a first living hinge having a first hinge axis positioned a first distance S from a center the fluid path opening, the cap further including a second living hinge having a second hinge axis running parallel to the first hinge axis and positioned distal from the first hinge axis at a distance greater than the first distance S, the second hinge axis separating a fluid path segment of the cap from a reservoir segment of the cap; wherein the fluid path segment of the cap includes a fluid path hole, at least part of which is on the first diametrical line and at a distance S from the first hinge axis; and wherein the fluid path segment of the cap includes a coupling that retains the fluid path segment of the cap and the second living hinge over the upper rim, and retains the fluid path hole over the fluid path when the fluid path segment of the cap is closed onto the upper rim; whereby, when the fluid path segment of the cap is retained on the upper rim, the reservoir segment of the cap can pivot on the second living hinge to selectively provide access to the reservoir chamber thereunder.