Abstract: A lid for a beverage container comprising a lower lid having a perimeter skirt adapted to secure the lower lid to an opening of the beverage container, a lip portion radially inward from the skirt and extending upward from the skirt and defining an inside surface, an annular portion radially inward from the lip portion and defining a plurality of openings through which liquid from the container may flow; an upper planar lid resting on the lower lid by gravity and having a perimeter edge that is sized to closely conform with the inside surface, the upper lid covering the annular portion as it rests on the lower lid, and a stop mechanism cooperating with the lower lid and the upper lid to limit the range of motion of the upper lid with respect to the lower lid, wherein the stop mechanism enables the upper lid to move away for a distance from the lower lid in response to pressure exerted upon the upper lid by liquid flowing out of the container through the openings as the container is tilted, and wherein the sto

Abstract: Lids for a container having an external peripheral rim at the upper end thereof, the lid comprising a top wall; a peripheral skirt depending downward from the top wall and having a bottom edge larger in diameter than the rim of the container and an inside surface with a locking mechanism disposed between the bottom edge and the top wall and being adapted to receive and engage the rim; and a plurality of slots defined in skirt extending upward from the bottom edge to divide the skirt into individually resiliently flexible skirt portions.

Abstract: Lids for a container having an external peripheral rim at the upper end thereof, the lid comprising a top wall; a peripheral skirt depending downward from the top wall and having a bottom-most edge larger in diameter than the rim of the container and an inside surface with a locking mechanism disposed between the bottom-most edge and the top wall and being adapted to receive and engage the rim; and a plurality of slots defined in skirt extending upward from the bottom-most edge to divide the skirt into individually resiliently flexible skirt portions.

Abstract: A lid for a beverage container comprising a lower lid having a perimeter skirt adapted to secure the lower lid to an opening of the beverage container, a lip portion radially inward from the skirt and extending upward 125 from the skirt and defining an inside surface, an annular portion radially inward from the lip portion and defining a plurality of openings through which liquid from the container may flow; an upper planar lid resting on the lower lid by gravity and having a perimeter edge that is sized to closely conform with the inside surface, the upper lid covering the annular portion as it rests on the lower lid, and a stop mechanism cooperating with the lower lid and the upper lid to limit the range of motion of the upper lid with respect to the lower lid, wherein the stop mechanism enables the upper lid to move away for a distance from the lower lid in response to pressure exerted upon the upper lid by liquid flowing out of the container through the openings as the 20 container is tilted, and wherein

Abstract: Lids for a container having an external peripheral rim at the upper end thereof, the lid comprising a top wall; a peripheral skirt depending downward from the top wall and having a bottom edge larger in diameter than the rim of the container and an inside surface with a locking mechanism disposed between the bottom edge and the top wall and being adapted to receive and engage the rim; and a plurality of slots defined in skirt extending upward from the bottom edge to divide the skirt into individually resiliently flexible skirt portions.