Lid assembly with selectable drinking openings

Abstract

A lid assembly, for a container, comprising: a first lid member; and a second lid member, positioned below said first lid member, is provided with: a first drinking means in direct fluid communication with the beverage in said container via a first fluid passageway, wherein said first lid member pivotably connecting said second lid member to assume a first position where said first drinking means being covered by said first lid member and a second position where said first drinking means being exposed; a second drinking means provided with a drinking tube in fluid communication with the beverage in said container via a second fluid passageway, wherein said second drinking means is configured to operationally enable said second fluid passageway; and characterized in that: the use of said first drinking means and the use of said second drinking means is mutually exclusive and is independent of each other; and said first fluid passageway and said second fluid passageway are independent of each other.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A lid assembly, for a container, comprising:
 a) a first lid member; and   b) a second lid member, positioned below said first lid member, is provided with:—
 a first drinking means being provided on the upper surface of the second lid member and being in direct fluid communication with the beverage in said container via a first fluid passageway, wherein said first lid member being pivotably connected to said second lid member at a hinge to assume a first position where said first drinking means being covered by said first lid member and a second position where said first drinking means being exposed; 
 a second drinking means provided with a drinking tube in fluid communication with the beverage in said container via a second fluid passageway, wherein said second drinking means is configured to operationally enable said second fluid passageway; and 
   characterized in that the use of said first drinking means and the use of said second drinking means is mutually exclusive and independent of each other; and said first fluid passageway and said second fluid passageway are independent of each other.   
     
     
         2 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said second lid member comprising:
 a lower section contacting said container, and   an upper section, positioned below said first lid member and above said lower section, wherein said first drinking means is provided on said upper surface of said upper section.   
     
     
         3 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said first lid member pivotably connecting said upper section to assume a first position and a second position, in which said second drinking means being exposed regardless of the position of said first lid member. 
     
     
         4 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said second drinking means is pivotably connected to said second lid member, thereby said second drinking means is configured to assume:
 a first configuration in which said second drinking means is positioned to block said second fluid passageway; or   a second configuration in which said second drinking means is positioned to enable said second fluid passageway.   
     
     
         5 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 4 , in said first configuration, said second drinking means is received in a chamber recessed from the upper surface of said second lid member. 
     
     
         6 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 5 , said chamber is dimensioned fit to receive said second drinking means, said chamber is formed by:
 a pair of opposite internal walls extending downwards from the upper surface of said second lid member;   a portion of the surrounding wall of said second lid member, and   a portion of the bottom of said second lid member.   
     
     
         7 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , said lid assembly is provided with a hinge mechanism allowing said first lid member pivotably moving between said first position and said second position. 
     
     
         8 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein said lid assembly is provided with a lock mechanism with which said hinge mechanism collaborating for controlling the pivotable movement of said first lid member. 
     
     
         9 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 8 , said hinge mechanism is an axle passing through a groove and an aperture, wherein:
 said groove is formed in a standing wall of a recessed region on a part of the perimeter of the top surface of said upper section of said second lid member; and   said aperture is formed in two opposite free ends of an arcuate notch of said first lid member profiled in a ring shape having said arcuate notch.   
     
     
         10 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said first lid member profiled in a ring shape, such that a user can use said second drinking means without the need to open said first lid member. 
     
     
         11 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein:
 said second lid member is designed in that the height of said second lid member gradually increases from its one end adjacent said hinge mechanism to its other end adjacent said first drinking means, thereby said first drinking means is in a position higher than said hinge mechanism.   
     
     
         12 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein said second drinking means is provided with a handle allowing users to pivotally move said second drinking means from said first configuration to said second configuration. 
     
     
         13 . The lid assembly as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein said handle covering said second drinking means when said second drinking means is in said first configuration.