Disposable drink cup lid

Abstract

An embodiment is a drink cup lid to improve a coffee, espresso, and espresso-containing beverage drinker's enjoyment when drinking from a portable, disposable, and/or “to-go” cup (e.g., formed from a paper product, plastic, foam, and/or a combination thereof) including a plasticized lid to mitigate spillage and/or splash. More specifically, the drink cup lid may substantially provide an olfactory and tactile drinking experience from a spill-resistant portable, disposable, and/or “to-go” cup akin to drinking from a glass, cup, and/or mug. In short, the drink cup lid of an embodiment may improve the taste of the beverage contained in the drink cup.

1 . A drink cup lid comprising:
 an annular mounting portion to removably engage a drink cup;   an annular lip coupled to the annular mounting portion;   a ridge coupled to the annular lip to approximately divide the drink cup lid into a first semicircular portion and a second semicircular portion;   the first semicircular portion including a drinking aperture depression, a drinking aperture face, and a drinking aperture formed substantially in the middle of the drinking aperture face, and   the second semicircular portion including a nose depression, a scent aperture face, and a scent aperture formed substantially in the middle of the scent aperture face.   
     
     
         2 . The drink cup lid of  claim 1 , the drinking aperture face to extend upward at a first angle from the drinking aperture depression to the annular lip. 
     
     
         3 . The drink cup lid of  claim 2  wherein an intersection of the drinking aperture depression and the drinking aperture face comprises a substantially straight line that is substantially parallel to the ridge. 
     
     
         4 . The drink cup lid of  claim 2  wherein an intersection of the drinking aperture face and the annular lip comprises a substantially straight line that is substantially parallel to the ridge. 
     
     
         5 . The drink cup lid of  claim 2  wherein the drinking aperture face may have an approximately isosceles trapezoidal shape including a first parallel side at the intersection of the drinking aperture face and the drinking aperture depression and a second parallel side at the intersection of the drinking aperture face and the annular lip. 
     
     
         6 . The drink cup lid of  claim 5  wherein the first parallel side and the second parallel side are substantially parallel to the ridge. 
     
     
         7 . The drink cup lid of  claim 1  wherein the drinking aperture comprises a wide portion and a narrow portion, the wide portion located toward the drinking aperture depression and the narrow portion located the annular lip. 
     
     
         8 . The drink cup lid of  claim 7  wherein the drinking aperture has an approximately isosceles triangle shape including rounded corners. 
     
     
         9 . The drink cup lid of  claim 1 , the scent aperture face to extend upward at a second angle from the nose depression to the ridge. 
     
     
         10 . The drink cup lid of  claim 9  wherein an intersection of the nose depression and the scent aperture face comprises a substantially straight line that is substantially parallel to the ridge. 
     
     
         11 . The drink cup lid of  claim 1  wherein the scent aperture has an approximately slit shape including a long axis that is substantially parallel to the ridge 
     
     
         12 . The drink cup lid of  claim 11  wherein the scent aperture is approximately 0.5 inch long along the long axis and approximately 0.125 inch wide along a short axis substantially perpendicular to the ridge. 
     
     
         13 . The drink cup lid of  claim 1 , the drinking aperture depression, the nose depression, or a combination thereof to collect at least a portion of a spill from the drinking aperture, scent aperture, or a combination thereof.