A drink cup contains: a body, a cover, and a stirring unit. The body includes a bottom fringe, a peripheral fringe, a chamber, and an opening. The bottom fringe has an orifice defined on a central position thereof and communicating with the chamber. The stirring unit has a seat, a stirrer, and a fixing element, wherein the seat is mounted on the orifice and has a central hole communicating with the chamber. The stirrer has a stem, an outer diameter of which is less than the central hole, and the stirrer also has a blade and a first locking portion on a bottom of the stirrer. The fixing element has an engagement portion and a second locking portion. When the stem of the stirrer inserts through the central hole, the second locking portion of the fixing element is in connection with the first locking element of the stirrer so that the stem of the stirrer rotatably connects with the central hole of the seat.

A universal container lid for covering containers of differing diameters includes a circular top section formed of a center section receiving a straw therethrough and at least one expansion fold circumferentially affixed about the center section wherein the top section terminates at an outer diameter thereof. A substantially cylindrical sidewall extends downwardly from the top section outer diameter. The universal container lid can be stretched or compressed to tightly fit onto containers of differing diameters.

The present disclosure relates to a packaging material comprising a core material layer having an area radially extending from an edge of a hole in said core material layer, wherein said area has a linearly or non-linearly decreasing core material layer thickness towards the edge of the hole. The disclosure further relates to a method for production of such a packaging material, and uses thereof.

A method for providing a web (30) of flexible, plastic packaging material with a succession of dimples (9) forming indentations for straw insertion, comprising feeding the web (30) of packaging material through a first nip (52) defined by a first pair (51) of rotating rollers, and cyclically engaging the web (30) from a first side (31) by a protrusion (55) supported by a first roller (53) of said first pair (51) of rotating rollers for forming the succession of dimples (9) in the web (30) of packaging material. The invention also relates to a corresponding apparatus and a flexible pouch package comprising a dimple.

A pump operated lid that pushes liquid through the lid. The pump operated lid includes an enclosure having an interior volume and an outer perimeter, wherein the outer perimeter is designed to removably secure to a cup. An air pump is within the interior volume along with a power source and a control circuit, each operably connected to the air pump. A switch is on the enclosure and operably connected to the air pump, such that the switch is designed to activate the air pump. One or more valves are on the upper surface and designed to allow air into the interior volume when the air pump is activated. An aperture is on the upper surface and extends through the enclosure and is designed to receive a straw therethrough.

A fitting for affixing to a mouth of a receiving container comprises a tubular body having a closed top end, a bottom end and a side wall extending between the closed top and bottom ends and having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface includes a circumferential surface wherein the circumferential surface includes a plurality of inwardly extending, randomly placed nodes to engage an external surface of the mouth of the receiving container. A plug seal extending from the closed top end is spaced apart from circumferential surface to form a land area seal. The closed top end may further include an aperture adapted to permit passage of a straw therethrough.

A flexible sealing lid and connector device for a drink container includes a container attachment band for wrapping around and attaching to the drink container. A resiliently flexible lid component is interconnected by a flexible connector element to the container attachment band. The lid component includes a neck portion for resiliently expanding to receive and sealably grip a periphery of the drink container such that the lid component covers a liquid dispensing opening of the drink container.

A beverage drinking system having a container with a bottom wall and a sidewall that form a hollow chamber. A lid is formed and adapted to selectively cover the opening to the hollow chamber. The lid has an indicator assembly. The indicator has an elongated arcuate slot in a top wall of the lid and a marking member frictionally and slidably received within the slot. A pocket, for holding supplies, is attached to the container.

A combination bottle and system for devising combination bottles for the retention of liquids and other pliable items is provided. A base container unit with an open mouth is configured to retain liquids and exhibits a base unit perimeter lip with an attachment configuration and the base container unit may be combined with various capacity adding units which have perimeter lips with a variety of attachment configurations that allow attachment between the base unit and the capacity-adding unit(s). The base container unit may be combined either alone or with various numbers of capacity adding units with one or more top units that have top unit perimeter lips with top unit attachment configurations mateable with the various constituent members of the combination bottle system. Various top units are provided which exhibit functional end selected from the group of: sippy cup functional end, straw functional end, and nipple functional end. By varying the size of perimeter lips and projection aspect, necks may be created in constituted bottles providing convenient hand-holds. Some embodiments of the present invention are also directed to kits that include various bottle components suitable for particular applications. Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for assembling a combination bottle from a combination bottle system and changing the capacity (volume) of the combination bottle on-the-go by interchanging components of the combination bottle system.

A straw gripper and tab separator for disposable cup or lid having a tab extending from the perimeter of the drink lid/cup, the tab having an exterior edge with a straw capture and alignment port to align the straw with said exterior edge, the straw capture and alignment port having a slit dividing the planar tab into a first tab section and second tab section, the first tab section having a first straw contact finger configured therein and the second tab section having a second straw contact finger configured therein, each straw contact finger separated by said slit, the straw contact fingers cutout endpoints converge on a second slit end, and the straw contact fingers are hingeably configured to removably secure the straw against a straw contact rim formed in the planar tab by a cutout of said first straw contact finger and said second straw contact finger.