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Dispensing lid for beverage container

  • US 5,529,179 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1995
  • Issued: 06/25/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lid for the circular upper rim of a beverage container, said lid comprising:

  • a) a substantially flat base panel of thin uniform thickness having a circular perimeter, upper and lower surfaces, and circular apertures communicating between said surfaces,b) a continuous lip downwardly directed from said perimeter as a continuous integral extension thereof and configured to engage said rim,c) frangible vessels disposed within said apertures, and fabricated of thin plastic film material, said vessels having an upper portion of spherical contour disposed above said upper surface, and a lower portion of rupturable segmented configuration extending below said lower surface as a continuous integral extension of said upper portion, whereby finger pressure applied downwardly upon said upper portion causes said lower portion to rupture,d) a latent aperture in said base panel for insertion of a drinking straw,e) a sealable aperture in said base panel for permitting emergence of a beverage from said container, andf) indicia disposed upon said upper surface adjacent said vessels for identifying the content of said vessels.

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