Container lid with a food compartment and a sip-hole

摘要

A container lid with a food compartment is provided. The lid may be constructed in three parts: an outer food container shell, an inner food container shell and a food compartment cover. The outer food container shell is constructed to fit tightly on a beverage container and has at least one beverage transfer hole that allows the beverage to travel into the outer food container shell. When the inner food container shell is nested into the outer food container shell, a beverage conduit is formed that allows the beverage to travel from the beverage container, through the at least one beverage transfer hole, into the beverage conduit and to a sip hole. Thermoforming may be used to create each of the three parts, and the parts may snap-fit together. Different materials may be used for the parts including black opaque plastic, white opaque plastic and clear plastic.

主权项

1. A beverage container lid with a food compartment comprising:
an outer food container shell comprising:
a coupling trough for attachment to the rim of a beverage container and adapted to form a liquid-tight seal with the beverage container;a lower planar surface connected to the coupling trough and adapted to cover the top of the beverage container;at least one beverage transfer hole extending through the planar surface;a riser wall connected to the coupling trough, the riser wall extending away from the coupling trough, and wherein the riser wall defines an upper edge surface above the lower planar surface, and wherein the riser wall and the lower planar surface define a cavity; a coupling structure at a top of the riser wall; an inner food container shell disposed in the cavity, the inner food container shell comprising:
a food compartment side wall extending from the upper edge surface to a position lower than the upper edge surface; anda food compartment bottom connected to the food compartment side wall;
wherein the food compartment side wall and food compartment bottom define a food compartment;a complementary coupling structure at a top of the food compartment side wall, the complementary coupling structure comprising an overhang with an outer edge and a skirt descending from the outer edge of the overhang, wherein the complementary coupling structure is constructed to detachably mate with the coupling structure such that the overhang and skirt contact the coupling structure forming a liquid-tight seal;a sip hole above the lower planar surface; a beverage conduit in fluid communication with the at least one beverage transfer hole and the sip hole, wherein the sip hole is in fluid communication with the contents of the beverage container; and a cover that is detachably fixed to the inner food container shell, the cover and the food compartment side wall constructed to prevent fluid communication between the food compartment and the beverage conduit.