US20090057324A1

US20090057324A1 - Cup lid

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Publication number: US20090057324A1
Application number: US11/848,247
Authority: US
Inventors: Ching Yueh Wang Wu
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-08-31
Filing date: 2007-08-31
Publication date: 2009-03-05

Abstract

A cup lid includes a lid body bored with an insert hole, a slide slot and a liquid outlet. A control member and a slide plate are mutually engaged on the lid body. The control member has a fitting block to be inserted through the insert hole and a pull grip having its underside fixed with a projecting grain to be engaged in the slide slot of the lid body. The slide plate has a cover plate to be covered on the liquid outlet of the lid body. A combining block fitted with the control member has its lower sidewall oppositely and reversely bored with two arcuate grooves. A swing rod pivotally assembled at the underside of the lid body is provided with a fitting member to be engaged with the arcuate grooves and a stop member for blocking up the underside of the liquid outlet of the lid body.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a cup lid, particularly to one composed of a lid body, a control member, a slide plate, a combining block and a swing rod. The cup lid of this invention can tightly be combined with a cup, able to prevent liquid in the cup from flowing out, and it is needless to disengage the lid from the cup when a user is to drink the liquid in the cup.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Generally, a cup (a bottle or a container) has a lid to be covered thereon for preventing dust or impurities from dropping in the interior of the cup. Substantially, different materials and covering ways between a cup and its lid may result in different covering effects. For instance, the lid of a pottery or porcelain cup is only placed on the cup so it is likely to be carelessly bumped to drop down and may make the liquid in the cup splash out, inapplicable to be carried out for use. Although a cup and its lid tightly engaged with each other or threadably combined together can be carried out for use, yet if a user wishing to drink the liquid in the cup disengages or unscrews the lid from the cup improperly, the liquid in the cup may be splashed out, resulting in inconvenience in use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The objective of this invention is to offer a cup lid able to be tightly combined with a cup for preventing liquid in the cup from flowing out and needless to be opened when a user is to drink the liquid in the cup.
The cup lid in the present invention includes a lid body having its underside provided with a combining member to be combined with a cup and is provided with an insert hole, a slide slot and a liquid outlet. A control member to be assembled on the lid body has its underside secured with a fitting block protruding downward to be inserted through the insert hole of the lid body, having one curved side disposed with a serrated engage edge and another side fixed with a pull grip having its underside provided with a projecting grain to be engaged in the slide slot of the lid body. A slide plate to be covered on the lid body has its underside provided with a recess having one inner sidewall secured with a serrated engage member to be engaged with the serrated engage edge of the control member, having one end disposed with a cover plate to be covered on the liquid outlet of the lid body. A combining block to be fitted at the underside of the control member has its topside bored with a fitting slot to be fitted with the fitting block of the control member and its lower opposite sidewalls respectively bored with an arcuate groove mutually reversely extended. A swing rod to be pivotally assembled at the underside of the lid body has one side disposed with a fitting member having its opposite inner walls respectively fixed with an engage block to be respectively engaged in the two arcuate grooves of the combining block, and another side secured with a stop member for blocking up the underside of the liquid outlet of the lid body.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a cup lid in the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cup lid in the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an upper view of the cup lid in the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an upper view of the cup lid in an operating condition in the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the cup lid in the present invention; and

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the cup lid in an operating condition in the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A preferred embodiment of a cup lid in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, includes a lid body 1, a control member 2, a slide plate 3, a combining block 4 and a swing rod 5 combined together.
The lid body 1 has its underside provided with a combining member 10 to be combined with a cup and its topside disposed with a recessed surface 11 having one side bored with an insert hole 12 having its outer edge bored with a crescent slide slot 13 with an air hole 130 at one end. The recessed surface 11 has an outer side opposite to the insert hole 12 provided with a liquid outlet 14, and the lid body 1 has its underside fixed in the center with two pivot lugs 15 respectively bored with a pivot hole 150.
The control member 2 to be assembled on the recessed surface 11 of the lid body 1 has its underside secured with a fitting block 20 protruding downward to be inserted through the insert hole 12 of the lid body 1, having one curved side provided with a serrated engage edge 21 and another side formed with a pull grip 22 extending outward and having its underside fixed with a projecting grain 23 to be engaged in the slide slot 13 of the lid body 1.
The slide plate 3 to be covered on the recessed surface 11 of the lid body 1 has its underside disposed with a recess 30 having one inner sidewall fixed with a serrated engage member 300 to be engaged with the serrated engage edge 21 of the control member 2. The slide plate 3 further has an outer side set a cover plate 31 to be covered on the liquid outlet 14 of the lid body 1.
The combining block 4 to be fitted under the control member 2 has its topside bored with a fitting slot 40 to be engaged with the fitting block 20 of the control member 2, and the opposite sides of its lower sidewall respectively bored with an arcuate groove 41 reverse in direction.
The swing rod 5 to be assembled at the underside of the lid body 1 is provided with a pivot 50 to be pivotally fitted with the two pivot lugs 15 at the underside of the lid body 1 and has one side disposed with a similarly U-shaped fitting member 51 having its opposite inner walls respectively secured thereon with a projecting block 510 to be inserted in the arcuate groove 41 in the lower sidewall of the combining block 4. Further, the swing rod 5 is fixed with a stop member 52 at one side opposite to the fitting member 51 for blocking up the underside of the liquid outlet 14 of the lid body 1.
In assembling, referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, firstly, the serrated engage member 300 at one inner sidewall of the recess 30 of the slide plate 3 is engaged with the serrated engage edge 21 of the control member 2 and then the slide plate 3 and the control member 2 are together placed on the recessed surface 11 of the lid body 1, letting the cover plate 31 of the slide plate 3 covered on the liquid outlet 14 of the lid body 1, and the fitting block 20 of the control member 2 inserted through the insert hole 12 and the projecting grain 23 engaged in the slide slot 13 of the lid body 1. Next, the combining block 4 has its fitting slot 40 engaged with the fitting block 20 of the control member 2, and then the swing rod 5 has the two opposite engage blocks 510 of its fitting member 51 respectively engaged in the two opposite arcuate grooves 41 of the combining block 4, letting the pivot 50 of the swing rod 5 pivotally fitted with the pivot holes 150 of the two pivot lugs 15 under the lid body 1, thus finishing assembling of the cup lid.
Referring to FIGS. 3 to 6, after the lid is combined with a cup (A) and when a user is to drink the liquid in the cup (A), only turn the pull grip 22 to let the serrated engage edge 21 of the control member 2 actuate the mutually engaged slide plate 3 to shift outward or inward. When the pull grip 22 of the control member 2 is turned counterclockwise, the combining block 4 engaged with the fitting block 20 of the control member 2 will be actuated to turn synchronously, and the swing rod 5 engaged with the combining block 4 will be actuated to swing. When the combining block 4 is turned counterclockwise, the engage blocks 510 at the inner wall of the fitting member 51 of the swing rod 5 will be actuated and guided by the arcuate grooves 41 of the combining block 4 to move the fitting member 51 upward. Simultaneously, with the pivot 50 acting as a pivotal shaft, the stop member 52 at an outer end of the swing rod 5 will be relatively moved downward and no longer block up the underside of the liquid outlet 14 of the lid body 1, and the projecting grain 23 of the control member 2 will be moved counterclockwise along the slide slot 13 and disengaged from the air hole 130 of the lid body 1, thus enabling the drink in the cup to flow out smoothly.
On the contrary, to prevent the drink from flowing out of the cup, simply turn the pull grip 22 of the control member 2 clockwise to let the serrated engage edge 21 actuate the cover plate 31 of the slide plate 3 to move forward and be covered on the liquid outlet 14 of the lid body 1 and also let the projecting grain 23 of the control member 2 engaged in the air hole 130 of the slide slot 13 of the lid body 1. Simultaneously, the combining block 4 will be actuated by the control member 2 to turn and have its arcuate grooves 41 actuating and guiding the fitting member 51 of the swing rod 5 to move downward, and meanwhile the stop member 52 at another end of the swing rod 5 will be relatively moved upward to block up the underside of the liquid outlet 14 of the lid body 1 for stopping the drink in the cup from flowing out.
By so designing, the cup lid of this invention can be tightly combined with the cup (A) and able to prevent the liquid in the cup from flowing out. In addition, when a user is to drink the liquid in the cup, the user does not need to disengage the lid from the cup, convenient in use.
While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A cup lid comprising:

a lid body having its underside provided with a combining member to be combined with a cup, said lid body having its topside provided with an insert hole, a slide slot and a liquid outlet;

a control member assembled on said lid body, said control member having its underside secured with a fitting block to be inserted through said insert hole of said lid body, said control member having one curved side disposed with a serrated engage edge, said control member formed with a pull grip extending outward, said pull grip having its underside formed with a projecting grain to be engaged with said slide slot of said lid body;

a slide plate covered on said lid body, said slide plate having its underside provided with a recess, said recess having one inner sidewall disposed with a serrated engage member to be engaged with said serrated engage edge of said control member, said slide plate having one end set with a cover plate to be covered on said liquid outlet of said lid body;

a combining block fitted under said control member, said combining block having its topside bored with a fitting slot to be engaged with said fitting block of said control member, said combining block having its lower opposite sidewalls respectively bored with an arcuate groove mutually reversely extended; and

a swing rod pivotally assembled at the underside of said lid body, said swing rod having one side provided with a fitting member, said fitting member having its opposite inner walls respectively secured with a projecting block to be engaged in said arcuate grooves of said combining block, said swing rod having another side fixed with a stop member for blocking up the underside of said liquid outlet of said lid body.

2. The cup lid as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lid body has its topside disposed with a recessed surface; said slide slot of said lid body has one end bored with an air hole.

3. The cup lid as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lid body has its underside secured with two pivot lugs facing each other and respectively bored with a pivot hole.

4. The cup lid as claimed in claim 1, wherein said swing rod is provided with a pivot.