Abstract: A tool enabling easy removal, without normally experienced difficulties, of relatively rigid, heavy-guage lids of synthetic material, the lid having a top surface and a substantial, downwardly extending rim which ends in a continuous lip, the rim being designed to provide a tight fit on bulk containers, the lid being removable only after the downwardly extending rim lip is cut at spaced apart points about the circumference. The tool has a rigid shaft, one end adapted for use as a handle, and a forked construction at the other end defining two arms configured and arranged to engage about the lid rim. The first arm has at its outer end a portion shaped to rest on the top surface of the lid adapted to serve as a fulcrum during lid removal.

Abstract: A travel lid for a disposable coffee cup useful in place for drinking coffee while the user is moving. The lid has a continuous rim adapted to grip the upper rim of a disposable coffee cup and a top closing surface. On one side of the closing surface there is an expansible coffee-sipping port element shaped and positioned to be received by the mouth. On the opposite side of the closing surface there is a vent formation. The expansible coffee sipping port element, in the condition supplied to the server of coffee, is of vertically collapsed configuration with its upper end disposed below the upper edge of the continuous rim. The sipping port element in the collapsed position provides clearance sufficient to enable the lid to be compactly stacked with other lids of identical form for shipment and dispensing.