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Travel container having drinking orifice and vent aperture

  • US 20090250480A1
  • Filed: 06/12/2009
  • Published: 10/08/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A drinking container comprising:

  • a container body having a cavity;

    a removable lid covering the cavity, the lid having a drink aperture and a separate vent aperture; and

    ,a trigger mechanism mechanically connected to a drink aperture shutter and to a vent seal, the trigger mechanism moving the shutter and the vent seal from a closed position to an open position, wherein the trigger mechanism has an actuation stroke, wherein the vent seal is initially actuated during a first portion of the actuation stroke of the trigger mechanism, and wherein the shutter is initially actuated during a second portion of the actuation stroke of the trigger mechanism, the first portion of the actuation stroke being initiated prior in time to the initiation of the second portion of the actuation stroke.

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