Beverage container lid

Abstract

Provided is a beverage container lid configured to fit an open mouth container. The lid includes a top panel with a drink opening adjacent a periphery of the top panel and a plurality of spaced apart baffle members on an inside surface of the top panel spanning the drink opening.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A beverage container lid configured to fit an open mouth container, the lid comprising:
 a top panel with a drink opening adjacent a periphery of the top panel; and   a plurality of spaced apart baffle members on an inside surface of the top panel spanning the drink opening.   
     
     
         2 . The beverage container lid of  claim 1 , wherein the drink opening is laterally elongated. 
     
     
         3 . The beverage container lid of  claim 1 , wherein the baffles are substantially parallel to each other. 
     
     
         4 . The beverage container lid of  claim 1 , wherein the top panel has a top side and a bottom side, and the baffles extend away from bottom side. 
     
     
         5 . The beverage container lid of  claim 4 , wherein the baffles are laterally spaced apart a first dimension and the baffles extend away from the bottom side a second dimension that is greater than the first dimension. 
     
     
         6 . The beverage container lid of  claim 1 , wherein the top panel includes at least one vent opening separate from the drink opening. 
     
     
         7 . The beverage container lid of  claim 5 , wherein at least one vent opening is adjacent the periphery of the top panel and positioned substantially opposite the drink opening. 
     
     
         8 . The beverage container lid of  claim 1 , in combination with a beverage container with an open mouth, wherein the lid is removable from the beverage container.