Infant drinking cup

摘要

An infant cup includes a cup body (12) having opposed handles (14), a cover (16), a flexible mouthpiece (24) and a valve element (26). The cup body (12) is of generally circular cross section allowing the infant to grip the cup firmly. The cover (16) has a threaded skirt (18) allowing the cover (16) to be screwed into a cooperating screw thread (20) in the cup body (12). The mouthpiece (24) receives a valve element (26). The mouthpiece (24) and valve element (26) are retained on the cover (16) by a retaining element (28) having a screw thread (30) allowing it to be screwed into place on a cooperating formation (not shown) on the underside of the cover (16) holding the mouthpiece (24) and valve element (26) firmly in place relative to the cover (16) and one another. The mouthpiece (24) is positively located and correctly positioned by virtue of the elliptical orifice (22) in the cover (16). The thread (18) on-the cover (16) and the cooperating thread (20) on the cup body (12) are configured to ensure that the mouthpiece is positioned optimally relative to the handles of the cup (14) for infant use when the cover (16) is screwed into position.