US 12,035,827 B2
Non-spill drinking container assembly
Steven Bryan Dunn, Beverly Hills, CA (US); Mark A. Hatherill, Agoura Hills, CA (US); Kevin Douglas Johnson, Tarzana, CA (US); and Matthew Joseph Saxton, Agoura, CA (US)
Assigned to MUNCHKIN, INC., Van Nuys, CA (US)
Filed by MUNCHKIN, INC., Van Nuys, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,345.
Application 18/139,345 is a continuation of application No. 17/094,705, filed on Nov. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,633,056.
Application 17/094,705 is a continuation of application No. 16/141,825, filed on Sep. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,827,860, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Application 16/141,825 is a continuation of application No. 15/794,969, filed on Oct. 26, 2017, granted, now 10,165,878, issued on Jan. 1, 2019.
Application 15/794,969 is a continuation of application No. 15/638,150, filed on Jun. 29, 2017, granted, now 9,888,796, issued on Feb. 13, 2018.
Application 15/638,150 is a continuation of application No. 14/980,620, filed on Dec. 28, 2015, granted, now 9,801,481, issued on Oct. 31, 2017.
Application 14/980,620 is a continuation of application No. 14/514,186, filed on Oct. 14, 2014, granted, now 9,241,588, issued on Jan. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/000,887, filed on May 20, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/891,409, filed on Oct. 16, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255378 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47G 19/22 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 19/2272 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drinking container assembly, comprising:
a container;
a collar removably attached to the container;
a seal that covers an upper surface of the collar; and
an upwardly facing projection having a shoulder and disposed in a bottom surface of the collar that mates with a downwardly facing complementary recess disposed in a lower surface of the seal, wherein a flange extends inwardly at the recess to seal and lock with the shoulder to attach the seal to the collar,
wherein the collar has a lower end having a first diameter and an upper end adjacent to a rim having a second diameter, and
wherein the second diameter is larger than the first diameter.