Straw receptacle lid

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7178685
APP PUB NO 20040245250A1
SERIAL NO

10457254

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A lids for a child's drinking cup has a projection extending integrally from an underside of the lid, the projection defining, in an upper surface of the lid body, a straw receptacle. The projection defines a plurality of break lines, such as slits, terminating at break line ends and defining separable segments of the projection. The break line ends are spaced from the base of the projection in a region of the straw receptacle having a cross-section approximately equal in extent to a cross-section of a corresponding drinking straw, such that inserting the straw into the straw receptacle and through the projection forces the projection segments apart, the segment bases engaging an outer surface of the inserted straw to inhibit leakage. Some of the projections include molded stiffening ribs.

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FIRST YEARS INCONE KIDDIE DRIVE AVON MA 02322

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brewin, Joseph F Franklin, MA 11 252
Hession, John A Braintree, MA 11 149
Hidalgo, Craig A Langhorne, PA 9 313
Powers, Thomas J Fairless Hills, PA 13 191
Sinton, Alexander J Doylestown, PA 10 558

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