Beverage container system with button release for lid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9150335-B2
Application number	US-201414195756-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2014
Priority date	Feb 28, 2012
Publication date	Oct 6, 2015
Grant date	Oct 6, 2015

Abstract

A drink bottle with a removable lid includes an inner lid attached to the mouth of the bottle and an outer lid or cover pivotably mounted on the inner lid. The outer lid or cover may be locked into a closed position covering the drinking tube. A push button on the inner lid can be operated to release the locked outer lid, permitting the outer lid to open so as to permit drinking from a drinking tube positioned therein. The push button moves a lid slide that extends to a point on the inner lid generally opposite to the hinge and contains an extension that engages with a notch in the upper lid to hold the upper lid closed. On actuating the push button, the lid slide is pulled in the direction of the push button and the extension located on the other end of the lid slide moves out of engagement of the outer lid, thereby opening the outer lid.

First claim

I claim:

1. A beverage container system, comprising:
an inner lid including:
a drink apparatus, and
an inner lid hinge element;

an outer lid including:
a catch notch configured to receive a catch extension, and
an outer lid hinge element for pivoting engagement with the inner lid hinge element such that the outer lid is pivotable relative to the inner lid between an open position and a closed position;

a push button having a pivotal connection element such that actua…

Assignees

• Thermos Llc

Inventors

• Lane Marvin

Classifications

• A45F3/18

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A45F3/16 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• B65D43/26 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic