US 11,655,080 B2
Cup lid with roll and spill limiting rim
Russell L. Simms, II, Cleveland, TN (US); and Matthew Ravenstein, Amherst, NH (US)
Assigned to Waddington North America, Inc., Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed by Waddington North America, Inc., Chelmsford, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,967.
Application 17/687,967 is a continuation of application No. 16/811,349, filed on Mar. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,299,327.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/815,648, filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185548 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 43/02 (2006.01); A47G 19/22 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 43/0212 (2013.01) [A47G 2019/2294 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00046 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00092 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00296 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00537 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00796 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lid compatible for attachment to a beverage container so as to form therewith a container assembly, the beverage container having a substantially round container lip and a container wall extending downward therefrom to a container base, the lid comprising:
a substantially round rim having a substantially uniform radius as measured from a center of the lid, the rim being configured for secure attachment to the container lip;
a central lid portion surrounded and bounded by the rim;
a spout extending upward from the central lid portion proximal to the rim, the spout being configured for consumption therethrough of a beverage; and
a flange extending outward beyond an outer edge of the rim;
a perimeter of the lid being formed by outer edges of the rim and/or the flange, such that when the container assembly is tipped over onto a horizontal surface, the container assembly is supported by a lowest point of the base and by at least one point on the perimeter of the lid;
wherein a radius of the perimeter of the lid, measured as a function of angular orientation about the center of the lid, includes a plurality of local minimum radii terminating at minimum points and a plurality of local maximum radii terminating at a plurality of maximum points; and
wherein a first of the local maximum radii terminating at a first of the maximum points passes through the spout, such that when the container assembly is tipped over and when the first maximum point momentarily contacts the horizontal surface, the container is gravitationally induced to roll through an angle of no more than 90 degrees until it assumes an orientation in which a height of its center of gravity is at a local minimum.