Drink cup lid with disc carrier

Abstract

A container including a drink cup and a lid containing a media disc. The lid being configured to mate with the brim of the drink cup.

1 . A container comprising 
 a drink cup formed to include an interior region and a brim configured to define a top opening into the interior region,    a media disc including a circular inner edge and a circular outer edge, and    a lid including a disc carrier, a disc retainer coupled to the disc carrier, and a carrier mount coupled to the disc carrier and to the brim of the drink cup and configured to support the disc carrier and a media disc retained in the disc carrier by the disc retainer in a position above the top opening, the disc carrier including a top wall coupled to the carrier mount and arranged to cover the top opening and a side wall coupled to the top wall and arranged to extend in an upward direction away from the drink cup and to cooperate with the top wall to form a disc storage chamber containing the media disc, the disc retainer including a center anchor coupled to the top wall and configured to surround a straw-receiving aperture formed in the top wall and mate with the circular inner edge of the media disc and a rim anchor coupled to the side wall and configured to mate with the circular outer edge of the media disc, the top wall including an outer ring coupled to the side wall and a raised disc support surrounded by the outer ring and arranged to lie in a position between the center anchor and the rim anchor and support the media disc in an elevated position above the outer ring within the disc storage chamber.    
   
   
       2 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the rim anchor has an annular shape and is configured to engage the circular outer edge of the media disc entirely.  
   
   
       3 . The container of  claim 2 , wherein the outer ring includes a circular inner edge, the raised disc support includes a substantially flat top surface having a circular outer edge and supporting the media disc to cause an outer portion of the media disc to lie above and in spaced-apart relation to the outer ring, and the raised disc support further includes a transition portion arranged to extend from the circular outer edge of the substantially flat top surface to the circular inner edge of the outer ring.  
   
   
       4 . The container of  claim 3 , wherein the transition portion has a frustoconical shape and is configured to include a circular inner edge sized to have a first diameter and a circular outer edge sized to have a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter.  
   
   
       5 . The container of  claim 3 , wherein the rim anchor has a frustoconical shape and is configured to include an inner edge arranged to overlie the outer ring to locate the circular outer edge of the media disc therebetween and an outer edge coupled to the side wall.  
   
   
       6 . The container of  claim 1 , where in an underside of the outer ring is located to engage the brim of the drink cup.  
   
   
       7 . The container of  claim 6 , wherein a radially inner portion of the outer ring is arranged to overlie the interior region of the drink cup, a radially outer portion of the outer ring is arranged to extend away from the surround the brim of the drink cup, and a middle portion of the outer ring is arranged to interconnect the radially inner and outer portions and is coupled to the carrier mount.  
   
   
       8 . The container of  claim 7 , wherein the radially inner portion of the outer ring includes an inner edge, the raised disc support includes a top surface having an outer edge and supporting the media disc in cause the media disc to lie above and in spaced-apart relation to the inner, middle, and outer portions of the outer ring, and the raised disc support further includes a transition portion arranged to extend from the outer edge of the top surface to the inner edge of the outer ring.  
   
   
       9 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the top wall further includes an extension ring coupled to the outer ring and arranged to surround the outer ring.  
   
   
       10 . The container of  claim 9  wherein the extension ring is coupled to the side wall and coupled to the carrier mount.  
   
   
       11 . The container of  claim 10 , further comprising a stacking ring coupled to the extension ring and arranged to surround and lie in spaced-apart relation to the side wall and the carrier mount and wherein the stacking ring is configured to provide means for mating with a carrier mount of an adjacent lid to facilitate alignment of a pair of lids in stacked relation one to another.  
   
   
       12 . The container of  claim 1 , wherein the outer ring includes a circular inner edge, the raised disc support includes a substantially flat top surface having a circular outer edge and supporting the media disc to cause an outer portion of the media disc to lie above and in spaced-apart relation to the outer ring, and the raised disc support further includes a transition portion arranged to extend from the circular outer edge of the substantially flat top surface to the circular inner edge of the outer ring.  
   
   
       13 . The container of  claim 12 , wherein the transition portion has a frustoconical shape and is configured to include a circular inner edge sized to have a first diameter and a circular outer edge sized to have a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter.  
   
   
       14 . The container of  claim 12 , wherein the rim anchor has a frustoconical shape and is configured to include an inner edge arranged to overlie the outer ring to locate the circular outer edge of the media disc therebetween and an outer edge coupled to the side wall.