Beverage lid

Abstract

Embodiments provide a beverage lid including an upper lid surface, a fluid exit port positioned at least in part in the upper lid surface, a vertical lid surface in contact with the upper lid surface and an anti-splash component in contact with at least one of the upper lid surface and vertical lid surface and positioned substantially between a fluid and the fluid exit. In the event of the fluid splashing, the anti-splash component substantially prevents fluid from exiting the lid through the fluid exit, and in the event of a user drinking from the fluid exit, the fluid moves around the anti-splash component and out the fluid exit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A beverage lid, comprising:
 an upper lid surface,   a fluid exit port, positioned at least in part in the upper lid surface;   a vertical lid surface, in contact with the upper lid surface; and   an anti-splash component, in contact with at least one of the upper lid surface and vertical lid surface and positioned substantially between a fluid and the fluid exit;   wherein in the event of the fluid splashing, the anti-splash component substantially prevents fluid from exiting the lid through the fluid exit, and in the event of a user drinking from the fluid exit, the fluid moves around the anti-splash component and out the fluid exit.   
     
     
         2 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , wherein the beverage lid is manufactured of one or more of a paper substrate, metal, a biodegradable material, a compostable material, plastic. 
     
     
         3 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , wherein the beverage lid is injection molded. 
     
     
         4 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , wherein the beverage lid is made of a polypropylene resin. 
     
     
         5 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , wherein the upper lid surface is flat, contains a gradient or multiple gradients, contains recesses in its topography in order to accommodate things such as excess liquid or the consumer's nose while they drink, or consists of any combination of flat areas, gradients, or recesses. 
     
     
         6 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , wherein the fluid exit port is an oval, circle, rectangle, triangle, or square. 
     
     
         7 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , wherein the vertical lid surface is in contact with the upper lid surface at a right angle, some other angle, or in some combination of right and obtuse and acute angles. 
     
     
         8 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , wherein the internal portion of the upper lid surface is made of the same material as the external portion, or wherein the internal portion of the upper lid surface is made of a different material than the external in order to insulate the beverage covered by the beverage lid. 
     
     
         9 . The beverage lid of  claim 8 , wherein the internal portion of the upper lid surface is flat or contains recesses and/or gradients in response to gradients or recesses present on the external portion of the upper lid surface. 
     
     
         10 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , wherein the anti-splash component is of a rectangular shape, or is of triangular, circular, ovular, hexagonal, octagonal, trapezoidal, or any other reasonable or easily conceivable shape. 
     
     
         11 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , wherein the anti-splash component is of uniform thickness. 
     
     
         12 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , wherein the beverage lid is of non-uniform thickness. 
     
     
         13 . The beverage lid of  claim 12 , wherein the flow facilitating peaks may have a varying height, thickness, and slope, or may have some combination of varying heights, thicknesses, or slopes. 
     
     
         14 . The beverage lid of  claim 13 , wherein the flow facilitating peak is further comprised of ridges that meet at an apex to form the flow facilitating peak, or is further comprised of a gradient that slopes up to form the flow facilitating peak in a curved fashion. 
     
     
         15 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , where the anti-splash component may contain holes in its surface. 
     
     
         16 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , where the anti-splash component may be concave or convex. 
     
     
         17 . The beverage lid of  claim 1 , where the anti-splash component comprises zero, one, or two flow facilitating peaks. 
     
     
         18 . A beverage lid, comprising:
 an upper lid surface,   a fluid exit port, positioned in the upper lid surface;   a vertical lid surface, in contact with the upper lid surface; and   an anti-splash component, integrated with the upper lid surface and positioned substantially between a fluid and the fluid exit;   wherein in the event of the fluid splashing, the anti-splash component substantially prevents fluid from exiting the lid through the fluid exit, and in the event of a user drinking from the fluid exit, the fluid moves around the anti-splash component and out the fluid exit.