US 11,937,717 B2
Low-profile liquid container lid assembly
Pavel Savenok, Wheaton, IL (US)
Assigned to Resolute Patents, LLC, Wheaton, IL (US)
Filed by Pavel Savenok, Wheaton, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/665,238.
Application 17/665,238 is a division of application No. 16/413,546, filed on May 15, 2019, granted, now 11,241,109.
Application 16/413,546 is a division of application No. 15/044,282, filed on Feb. 16, 2016, granted, now 10,292,512, issued on May 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151411 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 43/02 (2006.01); A47G 19/22 (2006.01); B65D 47/04 (2006.01); B65D 47/26 (2006.01); B65D 41/56 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 19/2272 (2013.01) [A47G 19/2288 (2013.01); B65D 43/0208 (2013.01); B65D 47/043 (2013.01); B65D 47/265 (2013.01); B65D 41/56 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00046 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00092 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00296 (2013.01); B65D 2543/0062 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A low-profile liquid container lid assembly for enabling liquid collection and heat transfer from lid-collected liquid prior to liquid egression, the low-profile liquid container lid assembly comprising:
a lower lid construction, the lower lid construction comprising a lower rim-receiving groove, an upper edge-receiving groove, and a liquid-collecting pan portion, the liquid-collecting pan portion comprising at least one liquid-letting aperture, the lower rim-receiving groove for removably fastening the lower lid construction to an upper container rim of a liquid container, the liquid-collecting pan portion comprising upper portion surfacing; and
an upper lid construction, the upper lid construction being receivable by the lower lid construction and comprising a pan-opposing portion, an outer peripheral edge, and a primary liquid outlet, the pan-opposing portion comprising lower portion surfacing, the upper and lower portion surfacing together defining a liquid-receiving cavity when the upper lid construction is received by the lower lid construction, the liquid-receiving cavity for receiving and shaping a liquid volume receivable therein via the at least one liquid-letting aperture;
the upper lid construction being rotatably nestable atop the lower lid construction for enabling a user to rotate the upper lid construction about a lid axis of rotation relative to the lower lid construction for selectively orienting the primary liquid outlet in superior adjacency to the at least one liquid-letting aperture, the primary liquid outlet being orientable in superior adjacency to the lower lid construction for outletting a portion of the liquid volume via the primary liquid outlet;
the outer peripheral edge being rotatably received in the upper edge-receiving groove for rotatably attaching the upper lid construction to the lower lid construction, the upper edge-receiving groove radially and outwardly engaging a container wall of the liquid container via a wall-engaging ridge for reducing leakage.