Drinking Container with a Drinking Vessel and a Drinking Lid

Abstract

A drinking container including a drinking vessel having an interior and vessel neck with a vessel opening, a drinking lid which has a bottom wall, at least one through-channel with an opening to the interior and an opening to the surroundings, a valve seat and holding devices for releasably holding the drinking lid on the drinking vessel, a valve element that is held on the valve seat and consists of soft elastic material and has a plate-shaped main body that blocks the through-channel, the main body having a passage which is open when the main body is in an undeformed state, and a clamping device with at least one clamping surface that is perpendicular to the plate-shaped main body and exerts a clamping force on the outer edge of the plate-shaped main body which closes the passage.

1 . A drinking container comprising
 a drinking vessel ( 2 ) having an interior ( 13 ) and vessel neck ( 9 ) with a vessel opening ( 10 ),   a drinking lid ( 3 ) which has a bottom wall ( 15 ), at least one through-channel ( 23 ) with an opening to the interior ( 13 ) and an opening to the surroundings, a valve seat ( 18 ) and holding devices ( 4 ) for releasably holding the drinking lid ( 3 ) on the drinking vessel ( 2 ),   a valve element ( 24 ) that is held on the valve seat ( 18 ) and consists of soft elastic material and has a plate-shaped main body ( 26 ) that blocks the through-channel ( 23 ), the main body having a passage ( 27 ) which is open when the main body is in an undeformed state ( 25 ), and   a clamping device ( 18 ) with at least one clamping surface that is perpendicular to the plate-shaped main body ( 26 ) and exerts a clamping force on the outer edge of the plate-shaped main body ( 26 ) which closes the passage ( 27 ).   
     
     
         2 . The drinking container according to  claim 1 , wherein the clamping device ( 18 ) has a clamping surface with a circular contour, and the valve element ( 24 ) has an outer edge with a contour deviating from a circular contour. 
     
     
         3 . The drinking container according to  claim 1 , wherein the main body ( 26 ) has an outer edge with an oval contour. 
     
     
         4 . The drinking container according to  claim 3 , wherein the passage ( 27 ) has a main direction of extension perpendicular to the main direction of extension of the oval contour. 
     
     
         5 . The drinking container according to  claim 1 , wherein the passage ( 27 ) is lens-shaped when the main body ( 26 ) is in an undeformed state. 
     
     
         6 . The drinking container according to  claim 1 , wherein the edges ( 35 ,  36 ) of the passage ( 27 ) have contours which are oblique relative to the mid-plane of the main body ( 26 ) when the passage ( 27 ) is open, and abut each other when the passage ( 27 ) is closed so that the main body ( 26 ) bends out to one side of the mid-plane. 
     
     
         7 . The drinking container according to  claim 1 , wherein the valve element ( 24 ) has a tubular support body ( 30 ), the passage of which is blocked by the plate-shaped main body ( 26 ). 
     
     
         8 . The drinking container according to  claim 1 , wherein the valve seat is a tubular holder ( 18 ) on the bottom side of the bottom wall ( 15 ) onto which the valve element ( 24 ) is clamped, or in which the valve element ( 24 ) is clamped. 
     
     
         9 . The drinking container according to  claim 7 , wherein the clamping device is a tube ( 48 ) that is clamped in the support body ( 30 ) or is clamped thereupon. 
     
     
         10 . The drinking container according to  claim 8 , wherein the drinking lid ( 3 ) is a drinking aid with a mouthpiece ( 16 ) having a drinking opening ( 17 ) on the outside of the bottom wall ( 15 ), and a tubular holder ( 18 ) connected so as to communicate with the mouthpiece ( 16 ) on the inside of the bottom wall ( 15 ), and a pot-shaped valve element ( 24 ), wherein the support body ( 30 ) forms the side wall and the main body ( 26 ) forms the bottom, and the end of the holder ( 18 ) distant from the bottom wall ( 15 ) is clamped thereupon or therein. 
     
     
         11 . The drinking container according to  claim 10 , wherein another tubular holder ( 19 ) is on the inside of the bottom wall ( 15 ) and is connected so as to communicate with a ventilation hole ( 20 ) in the outside of the bottom wall ( 15 ), and another pot-shaped valve element ( 25 ), wherein the additional support body ( 32 ) forms the side wall and the additional main body forms the bottom ( 29 ), is clamped onto or in the additional holder ( 19 ). 
     
     
         12 . The drinking container according to  claim 10 , wherein the valve element ( 24 ) and the additional valve element ( 25 ) are connected to each other as a single part by means of a tab ( 32 ). 
     
     
         13 . The drinking container according to  claim 12 , wherein the tab ( 32 ) has a reinforcing rib ( 33 ) on the top side, and/or a gripping rib ( 34 ) on the bottom side. 
     
     
         14 . The drinking container according to  claim 1 , wherein a middle section ( 44 ) of a straw ( 40 ) comprises the support body ( 30 ), and the clamping device is a tubular holder ( 18 ) on the bottom side of the bottom wall ( 15 ) into which the middle section ( 44 ) of the straw ( 40 ) is inserted, wherein a bottom section ( 48 ) of the straw projects into the interior ( 13 ) of the drinking vessel ( 2 ), and a top section ( 47 ) of the straw ( 40 ) projects outward to the outside of the drinking lid ( 3 ). 
     
     
         15 . The drinking container according to  claim 14 , wherein the straw ( 40 ) has an expansion ( 49 ) on the bottom end in which or on which a tube ( 48 ) is clamped which forms the bottom section of the straw. 
     
     
         16 . The drinking container according to  claim 1 , wherein a middle section ( 44 ) of a straw ( 40 ) has the support body ( 30 ) which is held in a tubular holder ( 18 ), and the clamping device is a tube ( 48 ) which is clamped in the middle section ( 44 ) or onto the middle section and forms a bottom section of the straw ( 40 ) which projects into the interior ( 13 ), and a top section ( 47 ) of the straw ( 40 ) projects outward from the drinking lid ( 3 ). 
     
     
         17 . The drinking container according to  claim 1 , wherein the tubular holder ( 30 ) is connected at the bottom to an upwardly expanding sealing section ( 42 ) of the drinking lid ( 3 ), and the straw ( 40 ) has an upwardly expanding flange ( 45 ) and a peripheral projection ( 46 ) at a distance above the flange ( 45 ), wherein the flange ( 45 ), when the straw is an installed state, sealingly lies against the bottom side of the sealing section ( 42 ), and the projection ( 46 ) abuts the top edge of the holder ( 18 ). 
     
     
         18 . The drinking container according to  claim 17 , wherein the sealing section ( 42 ) has a least one ventilation opening ( 43 ) that extends from the outside of the bottom wall ( 15 ) to the inside of the bottom wall, and is covered by the flange ( 45 ) when a negative pressure does not predominate in the interior ( 13 ), and is released by the flange ( 45 ) when a negative pressure predominates in the interior.