CUP LID FOR ADDITIVE TO BE CONVENIENTLY ADDED THEREIN
A cup lid is composed of a lid body. The lid body includes a fastening portion extending downward from a peripheral edge thereof for fastening the cup lid onto a cup body. The lid body includes a drinking hole and a vent hole. The drinking hole protrudes upward from a top side of the lid body to form a drinking portion. The drinking portion is provided with an opening formed on a top side thereof and with a through hole formed at an internal lower side thereof. The opening is bigger than the through hole in diameter. A guiding portion is mounted between the opening and the through hole. Additionally, a plug can pluggably jam the drinking hole.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a disposable cup lid, and more particularly, to a cup lid, which conveniently allows a user to put additives therethrough into a cup.
2. Description of the Related Art
The drinking hoe of a conventional disposable cup, like paper cup or plastic cup, is usually small for the purpose of limiting the flow of the hot beverage to prevent the hot beverage from burning the user's mouth and to lessen the chances of accidental overspill of the hot beverage while the user is walking and holding the cup containing the hot beverage. Because the drinking hole is small, it is very difficult for the user to put additives, like creamer or sugar, straight into the cup through the drinking hole. Otherwise, the user may have to uncover the cup lid, then put the additives into the cup, and finally put the cover back to the cup. However, it is still inconvenient for the user to do so and it is subject to accidental overset of the beverage to either stain clothes or interior furnishing of the car or even burn the user to be very annoying.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe primary objective of the present invention is to provide a cup lid, which can allow the user to put additives therethrough into a cup without uncovering the cup lid for fewer chances of overspill of beverage.
The secondary objective of the present invention is to provide a cup lid, which can limit the flow of the beverage for fewer chances of burning the user's mouth.
The foregoing objectives of the present invention are attained by the cup lid having a lid body. The lid body includes a fastening portion extending downward from a peripheral edge thereof for fastening the cup lid onto a cup body. The lid body includes a drinking hole and a vent hole. The drinking hole protrudes upward from a top side of the lid body to form a drinking portion. The drinking portion is provided with an opening formed on a top side thereof and with a through hole formed at an internal lower side thereof. The opening is bigger than the through hole in diameter. A guiding portion is mounted between the opening and the through hole.
In light of the above, the user can put additives, like creamer or sugar, through the drinking hole straight into the beverage. The additives can be guided by the guiding portion to fall into the cup body through the through hole. When the user drinks got beverage, the hot beverage is blocked by the guiding portion to flow out of the relatively smaller through hole other than the relatively bigger opening for the purpose of limitation to the flow of the beverage to prevent it from burning the user's mouth, such that the present invention is operational convenient and safe.
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The drinking portion 15 protrudes upward from where is close to an external edge of the lid body 11. The opening 151 is provided with two sides, one of which is close to the external edge of the lid body 11 to be defined as an external side and the other is defined as an internal side. The guiding portion 153 extends downward and outward from the internal side of the opening 151. The through hole 152 is located between a bottom end of the guiding portion 153 and the external side of the opening 151. The guiding portion 153 extends downward and outward for a length which is more than a half of an internal diameter of the opening 151.
In this embodiment, the lid body 11 includes a concavity 16. The vent hole 14 is located inside the concavity 16.
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The first embodiment can further include a plug 30, which can pluggably jam the opening 151 of the drinking hole 13 to seal the opening 151. As shown in
The drinking hole 13 can be jammed by the plug 30, so the user does not have the inconvenience of beverage overspill whenever the beverage is being moved or put on a moving car. When the user intends to drink the beverage, the user can jam the concavity 16 with the plug 30. When the user does not continue to drink the beverage, the user can put the plug 30 back to the drinking hole 13.
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Although the present invention has been described with respect to specific preferred embodiments thereof, it is no way limited to the details of the illustrated structures but changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims.
Claims
1. A cup lid comprising a lid body, the lid body having a fastening portion extending downward from a peripheral edge thereof for fastening the cup lid onto a cup body, the lid body having a drinking hole and a vent hole, a drinking portion protruding upward from the drinking hole and a top side of the cup lid and having a through hole formed at an internal lower side thereof, an opening formed at a top side thereof, and an inclined guiding portion formed between the opening and the through hole, the opening being bigger than the through hole in diameter.
2. The cup lid as defined in claim 1, wherein the drinking portion protrudes upward from where is close to an external edge of the lid body; the opening comprises two side, one of which is close to the external edge of the lid body to be defined as an external side and the other is defined as an internal side; the guiding portion extends downward and outward from the opening; the through hole is located between a bottom end of the guiding portion and the external side of the opening.
3. The cup lid as defined in claim 2, wherein the guiding portion extends downward and outward from the internal side of the opening for a length that is more than a half of an internal diameter of the opening.
4. The cup lid as defined in claim 1, wherein the lid body comprises a plug, which can pluggably jam the opening of the drinking hole to seal the opening.
5. The cup lid as defined in claim 4, wherein the lid body comprises a concavity; the plug can jam the concavity.
6. The cup lid as defined in claim 5, wherein the vent hole is located inside the concavity.
7. The cup lid as defined in claim 6, wherein the lid body comprises a protrusion formed inside the concavity; the plug comprises a recession formed at a bottom side thereof, whereby the recession can engage the protrusion
8. The cup lid as defined in claim 1 further comprising a funneled guiding portion, wherein the funneled guiding portion extends downward and inward from the opening, and the through hole is formed at the bottom end of the guiding portion.
9. A cup lid comprising a lid body, the lid body having a fastening portion extending downward from a peripheral edge thereof for fastening the cup lid onto a cup body, the lid body having a drinking hole and a vent hole, the drinking hole defining an opening for additives to be put therethrough; the cup lid further comprising a plug for jamming the opening.
10. The cup lid as defined in claim 9, wherein the drinking hole protrudes upward from a top side of the cup lid to form a drinking portion, the drinking portion having a through hole formed at an internal lower side thereof; the opening is formed on a top side of the drinking portion and bigger than the through hole in diameter, an inclined guiding portion being formed between the opening and the through hole.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 11, 2011
Publication Date: Aug 30, 2012
Inventor: Chen Lien Chuan (Taichung City)
Application Number: 13/179,835