US 11,702,258 B2
Drink cup lid
Yucheng Peng, Evansville, IN (US); Jonathan Eickhoff, Evansville, IN (US); Ryan Dewig, Evansville, IN (US); Jeffrey A. Mann, Evansville, IN (US); and Debra R. Wilson, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Berry Plastics Corporation, Evansville, IN (US)
Filed by Berry Plastics Corporation, Evansville, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/550,292.
Application 17/550,292 is a continuation of application No. 17/202,874, filed on Mar. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,548,701.
Application 17/202,874 is a continuation of application No. 16/736,849, filed on Jan. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,014,722, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 16/736,849 is a continuation of application No. 15/946,023, filed on Apr. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,577,159, issued on Mar. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/482,959, filed on Apr. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097932 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 51/24 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); A47G 19/22 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 51/245 (2013.01) [A47G 19/2272 (2013.01); B65D 43/0208 (2013.01); B65D 2231/022 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00027 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00092 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00296 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00342 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00509 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00518 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00537 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00731 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00814 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lid for a cup, the lid comprising
a ring-shaped brim mount adapted to couple to a brim included in a cup,
a closure coupled to the ring-shaped brim mount, and
a deformable dome coupled to the closure, the deformable dome arranged to move from a first arrangement in which the deformable dome extends upwardly away from the closure to a second arrangement in which the deformable dome is arranged to extend downwardly away from the closure in response to a downward deformation force being applied to the deformable dome,
wherein the lid comprises a polypropylene copolymer and the deformable dome has a first transparency in the first arrangement and a second transparency in the second arrangement and the second transparency is different than the first transparency,
wherein the lid comprises at least 49% by weight the polypropylene copolymer,
wherein the first transparency is defined at least by a clarity as measured using ASTM D 1746 and a haze as measured using ASTM D 1003 procedure B and a ratio of the clarity to the haze is greater than 1:1.