Lid for Drinking Vessel

Abstract

Drink through lid attachable to a beverage cup by a drinking lip, such that a topside of the drinking lip extends about and abuts an outer surface of the cup and an underside of the drinking lip extends about and abuts an inner surface of the cup.

1 . A drink through lid attachable to a beverage cup by a drinking lip, the drink through lid comprising the drinking lip having a topside that extends about and abuts an outer surface of the cup and an underside that extends about and abuts an inner surface of the cup. 
     
     
         2 . The drink through lid according to  claim 1 , further comprising an annular recess defined therein between outer and inner annular walls for engaging a rim of the cup, wherein the drinking lip is an upstanding arcuate lip formed by a raised portion of the outer wall and a raised portion of the inner wall which converge at a position above the rim, the outer wall arranged to engage the outside of the rim about an outer surface of the cup and the inner wall sealingly engages an inner surface of the cup. 
     
     
         3 . The drink through lid according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein, in use, the underside of the lip is flush with an inner surface of the cup such that when a liquid is poured from the beverage cup over the topside of the drinking lip, the liquid is prevented from entering a region between the underside of the drinking lip and an inner surface of the cup.   
     
     
         4 . The drink through lid according to  claim 2 , wherein the annular recess comprises a portion of increased depth for sealably mating the outer wall of the drinking lip with the outer surface of the cup and the inner wall of the drinking lip with the inner surface of the cup. 
     
     
         5 . The drink through lid according to  claim 1 , comprising:
 a drink through aperture through which a beverage can exit the lid along the drinking lip.   
     
     
         6 . The drink through lid according to  claim 5 , further comprising a recessed area in the topside of the lid. 
     
     
         7 . The drink through lid according to  claim 6 , wherein the recessed area comprises the drink through aperture. 
     
     
         8 . The drink through lid according to  claim 7 , wherein an outer edge of the recessed area is pliably connected to the lid such that the recessed area is moveable between a holding position and a drinking position. 
     
     
         9 . The drink through lid according to  claim 1 , such that the topside of the drinking lip is nestable within the underside of a drinking lip of another lid. 
     
     
         10 . A beverage cup assembly comprising a beverage cup fitted with a lid according to  claim 1 .