Reclosable lid

Abstract

The present invention provides a reclosable lid for a cup or beaker for beverage, the lid comprising an edge region adapted to provide the coupling with a respective edge of said cup or beaker, and a dispensing port of the beverage contained within of said cup or beaker, the lid is characterized in that it comprises a further upper region connected from the edge region and where closing means for closing said dispensing port and supporting means for supporting said closing means are formed.

Claims

1. A reclosable lid for a cup or beverage beaker, the lid comprising an edge region adapted to provide coupling with a respective edge of said cup or beaker and an upper region connected to the edge region, wherein the lid is formed by a first lid body that is inserted inside a second lid body, each lid body comprising a top wall, said first lid body comprising a first protruding member with a dispensing port on said top wall of said first lid body and said second lid body comprising a closing means and second protruding member as a supporting member for a closure member both part of the top wall of the second lid body, wherein the closure member is mounted in a rotatable manner with respect to the top of the lid for closing the dispensing port and is supported by the second protruding member in its open condition, wherein the first protruding member protrudes through an opening in the top wall of the second lid body which is opened by the closure member in its open position, and wherein first and second protruding members are formed diametrically opposite at the top of the lid.

2. Reclosable lid according to claim 1, wherein said closure member comprises a projecting member integrally formed in the upper region of the second lid body.

3. Reclosable lid according to claim 1, wherein the first protruding member, is realized by folding of said closing member onto said second protruding member.

4. Reclosable lid according to claim 1, wherein when the reclosable lid is in its opened condition, said closing means is in a rotated condition by 180 with respect to a closed condition.

5. Reclosable lid according to claim 3 wherein, when the lid is in the fully open condition, the dispensing port is free of any closure, and the closing means is fully rotated by 180 onto the second lid body, and folded onto said first protruding member of said supporting member, said first protruding member being integrally formed onto the second lid body opposite to the dispensing port.

6. Reclosable lid according to claim 3, wherein the closing means has a hollow part adapted to be folded onto the dispensing port of the lid, and further adapted to be folded in a removable manner onto said first protruding member formed integrally in the second lid body, and diametrically opposite with respect to the dispensing port.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(1) A detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the reclosable lid for cups or beakers of the present invention will now be given, given by way of a non limiting example and with reference to the appended drawings, wherein:

(2) FIG. 1 is a front perspective view from above of the lid of the present invention when coupled with a beaker;

(3) FIG. 2 is a front perspective view and from above of the lid of FIG. 1 in the closed condition;

(4) FIG. 3 is a front perspective view and from above of the lid of FIG. 1 in the opened condition;

(5) FIG. 4 is a perspective view and in a longitudinal section of the lid of the present invention in the closed condition; and

(6) FIG. 5 is a perspective view and in longitudinal section of the lid of the present invention in the opened condition.

(7) With reference now to FIG. 1, therein is illustrated the lid 1 of the present invention coupled to a paper material beaker. According to the present invention, there is provided a reclosable lid 1 for cups 2 or beakers, which comprises an edge region 3 adapted to provide the coupling with a respective edge 12 of a cup 2 or beaker.

(8) Above the edge region 3, the lid 1 has a pair of protruding members 4, 5 each arranged diametrically opposite to the other, a first protruding member 4 consisting of a closure member 6, while the second protruding member 5 being a supporting member 7 of the closure member 6. As will be better illustrated hereinafter, the closure member 6 has a hollow shape and it is mounted in an oscillating manner with respect to the top of the lid 1.

(9) With particular reference now to FIGS. 2 and 3, the closure member 6 for a dispensing port 8 of the lid 1 has a hollow shape and projects from a plane of the lid.

(10) With particular reference to FIG. 3, there is illustrated therein the reclosable lid 1 in an opened operating condition, wherein the closure member 6 of the dispensing port 8 it is in a rotated condition by 180 with respect to the closed condition. According to this embodiment and as it is apparent from the drawing, the beverage dispensing port 8 of the lid has a further projecting member 9 that is protruding from a second lid body 10 which it is arranged below a first lid body 11 (better illustrated below).

(11) With reference now to FIG. 4, the lid 1 of the present invention is shown in a longitudinal cross section and in the closed condition. The lid is formed by said two lid bodies 10, 11, wherein the first lid body 11 is inserted inside the second lid body 10. In this condition, the closure member 6 is inserted over a second projecting member 9 integral to the second lid body 10 and which comprises the dispensing port 8 of the lid 1.

(12) According to FIG. 5, the lid 1 is in its fully opened condition, wherein the dispensing port 8 is free of any closure, and wherein the closure member 6 is completely rotated by 180 onto the second lid body 10. In this condition, the closure member 6 is folded onto the respective supporting member integrally formed onto the second lid body and at the opposite side of the closure member 6.

(13) As it is evident, the closure member 6 of the lid 1 is hollow and is adapted to be folded onto the dispensing port of the lid, and also it is adapted to be mounted in a removable manner onto the second supporting member which is integrally projecting from to the second body lid and formed at a diametrically opposite part from the closure member.