Lid for beverage container with sauce compartment

Abstract

A lid for a beverage container, comprising: a container attachment portion for removable association with the rim of an associated liquid container in a snug liquid-tight relation, an annular cover panel portion extending radially inwardly from the container attachment portion, an opening in the annular cover panel portion to permit insertion of straw while the container attachment portion is attached to an associated container, and a sauce compartment in the annular cover panel portion to provide an vacant area for sauce, said sauce compartment is sunken-in from the annular cover panel portion. The present invention combines a sauce container with a beverage lid and utilizing the lid's top surface as a sauce compartment.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A lid for a beverage container, comprising: 
 a container attachment portion for removable association with the rim of an associated liquid container in a snug, liquid-tight relation,    an annular cover panel portion extending radially inwardly from the container attachment portion,    an opening in the annular cover panel portion to permit insertion of straw while the container attachment portion is attached to an associated container, and    a sauce compartment in the annular cover panel portion to provide an vacant area for sauce, said sauce compartment is sunken-in from the annular cover panel portion.    
     
     
         2 . The lid of  claim 1  wherein said sauce compartment is a U-shape and sunken-in vertically from the annular cover panel portion.  
     
     
         3 . The lid of  claim 1  wherein said opening area for straw is raised from the annular cover panel portion.  
     
     
         4 . The lid of  claim 1  wherein said sauce compartment is a donut shape and sunken-in vertically from the annular cover panel portion with the centrally-located opening for straw that raised from the annular cover panel portion.  
     
     
         5 . The lid of  claim 1  wherein said sauce compartment is a heart shape and sunken-in vertically from the annular cover panel portion with the opening for straw located near top of the heart shape sauce compartment.  
     
     
         6 . The lid of  claim 1  wherein said sauce compartment is a B-shape and sunken-in vertically from the annular cover panel portion.  
     
     
         7 . The lid of  claim 1  wherein said sauce compartment is a star shape and sunken-in vertically from the annular cover panel portion.  
     
     
         8 . The lid of  claim 1  where said annular cover panel portion having two openings for straw.  
     
     
         9 . The lid of  claim 1  where said annular cover panel portion is raised up to where bottom portion of the sauce compartment is horizontally parallel to top of the container.  
     
     
         10 . The lid of  claim 1  wherein said sauce compartment is a semi-circle shape and sunken-in starts gradually from middle the circle and gets deeper as reaching the side of the circle.  
     
     
         11 . The lid of  claim 1  wherein said sauce compartment is a circle shape and sunken-in starts gradually from the outer area of circle and gets deeper as reaching the middle of the circle.  
     
     
         12 . A lid for a beverage container, comprising: 
 a container attachment portion for removable association with the rim of an associated liquid container in a snug, liquid-tight relation,    an annular cover panel portion extending radially inwardly from the container attachment portion,    an opening in the annular cover panel portion to permit insertion of straw while the container attachment portion is attached to an associated container, and    a sauce compartment in the annular cover panel portion to provide an vacant area for a pre-packaged sauce, said sauce compartment in a snug relation with the pre-packaged sauce.    
     
     
         13 . The lid of  claim 12  wherein said opening area for straw is raised from the annular cover panel portion.  
     
     
         14 . The lid of  claim 12  where said annular cover panel portion having two openings for straw.  
     
     
         15 . The lid of  claim 12  where said annular cover panel portion is raised up to where bottom portion of the sauce compartment is horizontally parallel to top of the container in order to prevent a leakage of beverage when the sauce compartment portion is pressing the beverage in the container.  
     
     
         16 . A lid for a beverage container, comprising: 
 a container attachment portion for removable association with the rim of an associated liquid container in a snug, liquid-tight relation,    an annular cover panel portion extending radially inwardly from the container attachment portion,    an opening in the annular cover panel portion to permit insertion of straw while the container attachment portion is attached to an associated container, and    a sauce compartment in the annular cover panel portion to provide a pre-packaged sauce with a cover.    
     
     
         17 . The lid of  claim 16  wherein said opening area for straw is raised from the annular cover panel portion.  
     
     
         18 . The lid of  claim 16  where said annular cover panel portion having two openings for straw.  
     
     
         19 . The lid of  claim 16  where said annular cover panel portion is raised up to where bottom portion of the sauce compartment is horizontally parallel to top of the container in order to prevent a leakage of beverage when the sauce compartment portion is pressing the beverage in the container.