Abstract: A lid (20) for a drinking container (10) has perimeter (21) shaped to form a friction seal with the drinking container (10) at an inner surface (15) of a top edge (10); an inwardly indented form (24,28, 40) forming a drinking passage with a top rim (24) adapted to engage during a drinking action with an upper lip of a drinker while a lower lip of the drinker engages an outer surface (17) below the top edge (12) of the drinking container (10). Also provided is a lid (20) with lid top surface (25,26) and a drinking passage emerging through the lid top surface or between the lid and a top edge of the drinking container; the drinking passage extending down into the drinking container forming a channel (40, 41, 42, 43) sealing against an inner surface (13) of a side of the drinking container.

Abstract: A closure for a beverage cup. The closure comprises a lid having a drinking opening and a rotatable member in rotatable engagement with the lid. The rotatable member swivels laterally of the lid between an open and a closed position. The rotatable member being adapted to close the opening in the lid when the rotatable member is in a closed position. The closure also comprises a vent in the lid that vents into a void under the rotatable member. When the rotatable member is in the closed position the void is sealed to an outside of the closure and when the rotatable member is in the open position the void is open to the outside.

Abstract: A closure for a beverage cup. The closure comprises a lid having a drinking opening and a rotatable member in rotatable engagement with the lid. The rotatable member swivels laterally of the lid between an open and a closed position. The rotatable member being adapted to close the opening in the lid when the rotatable member is in a closed position. The closure also comprises a vent in the lid that vents into a void under the rotatable member. When the rotatable member is in the closed position the void is sealed to an outside of the closure and when the rotatable member is in the open position the void is open to the outside.