US 12,239,251 B2
Drinking vessel lid with magnetic sealing mechanism
David O. Meyers, Layton, UT (US); John R. Omdahl, II, Lindon, UT (US); and Paul James Faerber, Orem, UT (US)
Assigned to Runway Blue, LLC, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed by Runway Blue, LLC, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,802.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/068,189, filed on Aug. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087454 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A47G 19/22 (2006.01); B65D 47/28 (2006.01); B65D 47/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 19/2272 (2013.01) [B65D 47/286 (2013.01); B65D 47/32 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lid for a drinking vessel, the lid comprising:
a lid base defining a drinking opening therethrough;
a movable arm coupled to the lid base and located in an interior of the lid base;
a first magnet unit coupled to the movable arm;
an actuator accessible from an exterior of the lid base; and
a second magnet unit coupled to the actuator,
wherein the movable arm is movable between a sealed position, in which the drinking opening is sealed, and an open position, in which the drinking opening is not sealed,
wherein the movable arm is biased toward a biased position, the biased position being one of the sealed position or the open position,
wherein the actuator is movable between a first position and a second position, and
wherein when the actuator is moved to the second position, a repulsive magnetic force between the first magnet unit and the second magnet unit overcomes the bias of the movable arm and causes the movable arm to move away from the biased position.