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(1) Field of the Invention
(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98
The disclosure and prior art relates to lid devices and more particularly pertains to a new lid device for attaching two separate beverage containers to a single lid allowing for drinking selectively from either beverage container.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first connector coupled to a lid for coupling the lid to a first beverage container. A second connector is inset from a perimeter edge of the lid for coupling to a second beverage container wherein the second beverage container is held within the first beverage container. A first opening extends through the lid in environmental communication with the first beverage container. A spout is coupled to the lid and aligned with the second connector to be in environmental communication with the second beverage container.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A first opening 24 extends through the lid 12. The first opening 24 is positioned between the second connector 20 and the perimeter edge 14 of the lid 12 wherein the first opening 24 is configured to be in environmental communication with the first beverage container 18 when the first beverage container 18 is coupled to the lid 12. The first opening 24 may be a round hole to accommodate extending a straw or the like through the first opening 24. A spout 26 is coupled to the lid 12. The spout 26 is aligned with the second connector 20 wherein the spout 26 is configured to be in environmental communication with the second beverage container 22 when the second beverage container 22 is coupled to the lid 12. The spout 26 includes a base aperture 28, a top aperture 30 laterally offset from the base aperture 28, and a conduit 32 extending between the base aperture 28 and the top aperture 30. The top aperture 30 is positioned diametrically across the lid 12 from the first opening 24 such that tipping of the lid 12 and first and second beverage containers 18,22 elevates the first opening 24 while the top aperture 30 of the spout 26 is lowered to permit drinking from the spout 26.
In an embodiment shown in
In an embodiment shown in
In use, the first connector 16 is configured for attaching to the first beverage container 18 which may be a pre-existing or conventional insulated cup. The first connector 16 essentially is structured to replace the coupling used for a conventional lid provided with or attachable to the first beverage container 18. The second connector 20 is used to attach the second beverage container 22, either a conventional can or beverage bottle, to the lid 12. The structure of the lid 12 prevents mixing of contents of the first beverage container 16 with contents of the second beverage container 20 allowing a person to selectively drink out of either the first beverage container 16 or the second beverage container 20 as desired. Thus, the device 10 facilitates holding of two different beverages by a single person.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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