US 12,286,272 B2
Beverage container lid with latching handle
David O. Meyers, Layton, UT (US); John R. Omdahl, II, Lindon, UT (US); and David Bytheway, Springville, UT (US)
Assigned to Runway Blue, LLC, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed by Runway Blue, LLC, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/194,075.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/325,841, filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0312179 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 25/22 (2006.01); B65D 25/28 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 25/22 (2013.01) [B65D 25/2835 (2013.01); B65D 51/242 (2013.01); B65D 2251/06 (2013.01); B65D 2525/288 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lid for a beverage container, the lid comprising:
a lid base defining a drinking opening therethrough;
a closure coupled to the lid base, the closure movable between a closed position in which the closure covers the drinking opening and an open position in which the closure does not cover the drinking opening;
a latching member coupled to the lid base, the latching member configured to selectively retain the closure in the closed position; and
a handle coupled to the lid base, the handle movable between a first handle position and a second handle position,
wherein, in response to the handle moving from the first handle position to the second handle position, the latching member moves from a latching position to an unlatched position,
wherein, in the latching position, the latching member retains the closure in the closed position when the closure is in the closed position,
wherein, in the unlatched position, the latching member does not retain the closure, and
wherein the closure is biased toward the open position such that the closure automatically moves from the closed position to the open position when the latching member moves to the unlatched position;
wherein when the handle moves from the first handle position to the second handle position, a portion of the handle pushes the latching member to the unlatched position.