Abstract: A combination lid and straw for covering a drinking container has a lid, a straw having an interlocking portion, and at least one venting slot. The lid has a lid perimeter adapted to be attached to the drinking container, and a straw aperture having an inner surface. The interlocking portion of the straw is shaped to interlock with the straw aperture to resist movement of the straw relative to the lid. The venting slots are formed between the inner surface of the straw aperture of the lid, and the outer surface of the straw. Each of the venting slots has a diameter that is large enough to allow air to vent into the container, but small enough to restrict liquid from leaking from the container. The drinking straw has a proximal and distal end. One or both ends may be shaped to prevent a water droplet from leaking from the drinking straw.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 15, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 28, 2020
Assignee:
Ingeniri, LLC
Inventors:
Sky Ellsworth, Daniel Massie, Claire Massie, Satish Yalamanchili
Abstract: A drinking container has a spinner mechanism that includes a spinner housing for providing a spinner chamber. A spinner disk fits securely within the spinner chamber when rotatably mounted therein. The spinner mechanism includes a fluid input through the chamber perimeter surface, and a fluid outlet for allowing the liquid out of the spinner chamber once it has contacted the spinner disk. A jet nozzle directs a liquid from the fluid input across top and bottom surfaces of the spinner disk. The spinner disk does not include paddles, but relies primarily on viscous and adhesive forces to transfer energy from the flowing liquid to the surface of the spinner disk.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 6, 2017
Assignee:
Ingeniri, LLC
Inventors:
Sky Ellsworth, Daniel Massie, Claire Massie, Satish Yalamanchili