Rashed Maria D Shukri

US Patent:

7686182, Mar 30, 2010

Filed:

May 13, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/127925

Inventors:

Rashed Shukri - Harrisburg PA, US

International Classification:

A47G 19/22

US Classification:

220711, 220713, 220715, 215387

Abstract:

A body has a threaded inner surface removably engageable with an open end portion of a beverage bottle. A lid is directly conjoined to the body and is offset below a top surface of the body for minimizing accidental contact therewith during non-use conditions. A mechanism for detaching the lid from the body is included in such a manner that a first perimeter portion of the lid becomes disengaged from an inner perimeter of the aperture while a second perimeter portion of the lid remains directly affixed to the inner perimeter of the aperture and thereby defines a linear fulcrum axis about which the lid can be repeatedly articulated during operating conditions. The lid is selectively articulated thereafter by placing a user's lips against the detaching mechanism so that the user may quickly and readily pivot the detaching mechanism without using the user's hands.