An opening/closing device for a container for pourable products is disclosed. The device has a perforable portion and a base combinable with the container at the perforable portion, and a cutting element having a sharp end arranged on its lower side. The base also has first and second passages located in a region of the base spaced from the upper surface of the perforable portion when the base is combined with the container and define a cavity between the lower surface of the region and the upper surface of the perforable portion. The cutting element is shaped to impede when it moves from a first position to a second position, allowing passage of the pourable product through the first passage from the container to the second passage through the cavity.

A pouring spout includes a spout main body which includes a tubular pouring part and an attached part. The tubular pouring part has a channel which is formed on an inner side of the tubular pouring part. The channel allows contents to pass therethrough. The attached part is positioned on one end side in an extending direction of the tubular pouring part. The attached part is attachable to a container. The tubular pouring part includes a guide that protrudes from an inner wall of the channel toward a center of the channel, and extends in an extending direction of the tubular pouring part.

A pouring spout includes a spout main body which includes a tubular pouring part and an attached part. The tubular pouring part has a channel which is formed on an inner side of the tubular pouring part. The channel allows contents to pass therethrough. The attached part is positioned on one end side in an extending direction of the tubular pouring part. The attached part is attachable to a container. The tubular pouring part includes a guide that protrudes from an inner wall of the channel toward a center of the channel, and extends in an extending direction of the tubular pouring part.

A container adapter includes a first chamber. The first chamber is adapted to attach to a container. The container further includes a second chamber. The second chamber includes a sealing surface and a resealable interface disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber. The second chamber is exposed to an ambient environment.

A container adapter includes a first chamber. The first chamber is adapted to attach to a container. The container further includes a second chamber. The second chamber includes a sealing surface and a resealable interface disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber. The second chamber is exposed to an ambient environment.

A paper lid with good usability includes a lid body portion that includes a paper material to be mounted on a container including an opening portion, a taper, and a curl portion. A first engaging portion is provided in the lid body portion and includes a taper in the same direction as a direction of the taper. The first engaging portion engages with the curl portion from outside the curl portion. A body portion side curl portion is provided in the lid body portion and is positioned above the first engaging portion.

A lid for a container is described. The lid has a basin that is designed to enhance the user's olfactory experience when drinking a beverage from the container and lid. As the user tilts the container and lid to take a drink, the beverage pours through an opening on the basin valley and flows across a sipping surface area to the user's mouth, thus allowing the beverage to aerate, evaporate, and cool. The basin is sized and dimensioned to channel and concentrate the vapor rising from the beverage towards the user's nose as the user sips the beverage. The basin and the opening are sized and dimensioned to provide a comfortable and secure feeling when drinking hot beverages. In this manner, the lid enhances the drinker's olfactory experience and provides better controllability of the flow of a hot beverage to prevent burn injuries.

A lid for a container is described. The lid has a basin that is designed to enhance the user's olfactory experience when drinking a beverage from the container and lid. As the user tilts the container and lid to take a drink, the beverage pours through an opening on the basin valley and flows across a sipping surface area to the user's mouth, thus allowing the beverage to aerate, evaporate, and cool. The basin is sized and dimensioned to channel and concentrate the vapor rising from the beverage towards the user's nose as the user sips the beverage. The basin and the opening are sized and dimensioned to provide a comfortable and secure feeling when drinking hot beverages. In this manner, the lid enhances the drinker's olfactory experience and provides better controllability of the flow of a hot beverage to prevent burn injuries.

An open-topped drinking cup and a lid comprising a lid cover and a mixing device for holding and mixing a condiment into a beverage held in the dinking cup. The lid cover defines a circular mounting aperture within which the mixing device is displaceably located. The mixing device includes at least two mixing elements which are connected to another so as to be telescopically displaceable relative to one another between a retracted condition and an extended condition wherein the mixing device extends into the beverage. The mixing device includes a condiment chamber which is defined within a mixing element for holding a condiment such as sugar. The mixing device further includes a mixing element which has a number of circumferentially-spaced slots through which the condiment is discharged into the beverage.

An open-topped drinking cup 10 and a lid 12 comprising a lid cover 14 and a mixing device 16 for holding a mixing a condiment into a beverage 44 held in the dinking cup. The lid cover defines a circular mounting aperture 22 within which the mixing device is displaceably located. The mixing device 16 includes four tubular mixing elements 32.1, 32.2, 32.3, and 32.4 which are connected to another so as to be telescopically displaceable relative to one another between a retracted condition and an extended condition wherein the mixing device extends into the beverage 44. The mixing device 16 includes a condiment holder comprising a condiment chamber 36 which is defined within the mixing element 32.1, for holding a condiment 38 such as sugar. The mixing element 32.4 has a number of circumferentially-spaced slots 42 through which the condiment 38 is discharged into the beverage 44.