Lid for beverage container

• US 5,934,493 A
• Filed: 12/30/1997
• Issued: 08/10/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ki S.U. Han
• Original Assignee: Ki S.U. Han
• Inventors: Han, Ki Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Hughes, S. Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TRINH T
• Application Number:
  US09/001,153
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: 206/217, 206/219, 206/222, 206/568, 426/120, 426/112, 426/115, 426/130, 215/227
• US Class Current: 215/227
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2828 said element being a film or a foil B65D51/2821, B65D51/2842 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2835 ruptured by a sharp element, e.g. a cutter or a piercer
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/32 for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture containers with removable or destructible partitions B65D25/08 ; closures combined with auxiliary containers B65D51/28; in aerosol containers B65D83/682; amalgam capsules A61C5/66; containers for pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/20, A61M5/19; medical syringes A61M3/005, resin cartridges for grouting anchoring-bolts in mines E21D20/026

Abstract

A disposable lid has a flexible disk-like body and at least one slot opening formed in the body. The slot opening is adapted to receive a small container containing additives, such as sugar and cream. The slot opening is defined by a plurality of intersecting lines which break open upon application of predetermined pressure. The lid also has at least one protrusion formed near the slot opening to create an opening in the container as the container is inserted into the slot opening. The small additive container described above preferably has an elongated body which is adapted to be inserted into the slot opening of the lid through the intersecting lines. The elongated body is inserted into the slot opening, a release opening is formed in the elongated body of the additive container to release the content. The elongated body of the additive container used for the above lid has a break line which breaks open to release a content contained in the elongated body when a sharp object or a protrusion is pressed against the break line. The protrusion of the lid and the break line of the additive container are aligned so that when the additive container is inserted into the slot opening, the protrusion causes the break line to break open.

Claims

1. A lid and additive container for use with a beverage container, comprising:

a lid for placing on an opening of the beverage container, the lid including;

a flexible disk-like body;

at least one slot opening formed in the body, the at least one slot opening defined by a plurality of intersecting lines which break open upon application of predetermined pressure; and

an additive container adapted to be used for and inserted into the at least one slot opening, the additive container including;

an elongated body for retaining an additive, e elongated body adapted to be inserted into the at least one slot opening of the lid through the intersecting lines, wherein as the elongated body is inserted into the at least one slot opening, a release opening is formed in the elongated body of the additive container to release the content.

2. A lid and additive container of claim 1, the lid further comprising at least one protrusion formed near the at least one slot opening to create the release opening in the elongated body of the additive container.

3. A lid and additive container of claim 1, the lid having a projection for puncturing a vent hole into the additive container.

4. A lid and additive container of claim 1, wherein said at least one slot openings comprises four slot openings.

5. A lid and additive container of claim 2, wherein the elongated body has a break line which breaks open to release a content contained in the elongated body when pressure is applied on the break line.

6. A lid and additive container of claim 5, wherein the elongated body has a substantially square cross section, each side of the elongated body having at least one break line.

7. A lid and additive container of claim 6, wherein the protrusion of the lid and the break line of the additive container are aligned so that when the additive container is inserted into the slot opening, the protrusion causes the break line to break open.

8. A lid and additive container of claim 7, wherein the elongated body of the additive container is made with liquid permeable material which prevents non-liquid content from flowing through the elongated body.

9. A lid and additive container of claim 2, wherein the elongated body defines a covered opening which breaks open to release a content contained in the elongated body when the covered opening is punctured.

10. A lid and additive container of claim 9, wherein the elongated body has a substantially square cross section, each side of the elongated body having at least one covered opening.

11. A lid and additive container of claim 6, wherein the protrusion of the lid and the covered opening of the additive container is aligned so that when the additive container is inserted into the at least one slot opening, the protrusion causes the break line to break open.

12. A lid and additive container of claim 2, wherein the elongated body of the additive container has a plurality of ribs for releasably engaging the lid.

13. A lid for fitting a beverage container and for use with a dispenser containing a substance to be dispensed in the beverage container, the lid comprising:

a flexible disk-like body;

at least one well formed in the body, the at least one well having a breakable bottom and being configured to receive the dispenser; and

at least one protrusion erected on an inner side of the well, wherein when the dispenser is inserted in the at least one well, the dispenser breaks open the bottom of the at least one well and the at least one protrusion of the at least one well makes an incision in the dispenser to dispense the substance in the beverage container.

14. A lid of claim 13, the lid having a projection for puncturing a vent hole in the dispenser.