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A dispensing device, such as a drinking container, for selectively dispensing a substance, such as a drinking liquid. The dispensing device includes a container defining a chamber for storing the substance. The dispensing device also includes a lid element. The lid element includes a lower lid porti

A dispensing device, such as a drinking container, for selectively dispensing a substance, such as a drinking liquid. The dispensing device includes a container defining a chamber for storing the substance. The dispensing device also includes a lid element. The lid element includes a lower lid portion attachable to the container. The lower lid portion defines at least one lower orifice. The lower lid portion has an upwardly-extending column member located in a center region of the lower lid portion. The lid element also includes an upper lid portion configured to be rotatably mounted on the lower lid portion via the column member. The upper lid portion defines at least one upper orifice. The upper lid portion is rotatable relative to the lower lid portion to a closed position at which the upper orifice is misaligned with the lower orifice. In addition, the upper lid portion is rotatable relative to the lower lid portion to an open position at which the upper orifice is aligned with the lower orifice for dispensing the substance.

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1. A device for selectively dispensing a liquid comprising:a container defining a chamber for storing the liquid; a lid element including: a lower lid portion attachable to the container, the lower lid portion defining two lower orifices, the lower lid portion having an upwardly-extending column mem

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A device for selectively dispensing a liquid comprising:a container defining a chamber for storing the liquid; a lid element including: a lower lid portion attachable to the container, the lower lid portion defining two lower orifices, the lower lid portion having an upwardly-extending column member located in a center region of the lower lid portion, the column member having a sloping surface; an upper lid portion configured to be rotatably mounted on the lower lid portion via the column member, the upper lid portion defining two upper orifices, wherein the upper lid portion is rotatable relative to the lower lid portion to a closed position at which both upper orifices are misaligned with both lower orifices, and wherein the upper lid portion is rotatable relative to the lower lid portion to a first open position at which a first one of the upper orifices is aligned with a first one of the lower orifices for dispensing the substance and to a second open position at which a second one of the upper orifices is aligned with a second one of the lower orifices for dispensing the substance; a sliding element positionable on a top surface of the upper lid portion, wherein the sliding element has a sloped surface that is configured, upon movement of the sliding element relative to the column member, to gradually engage the sloping surface of the column member so as to progressively press the upper lid portion towards the lower lid portion. 2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a control element attachable to the upper lid portion, the control element being movable by a user for controlling the rotation of the upper lid portion relative to the lower lid portion.3. The device of claim 1, wherein the control element is a handle portion that extends beyond an edge of the lid element, the handle portion being manipulatable by a thumb of a user.4. The device of claim 1, wherein the lower lid portion includes a base over which the upper lid portion rotates and a side wall that extends upwardly to a rim.5. The device of claim 1, further comprising a sealing element between the upper orifice and the lower orifice so as to seal the lid element when in the closed position.6. The device of claim 1, wherein the column member includes a base portion and a head portion connected by a neck portion, at least a portion of the neck portion having an outer radial dimension that is smaller than an outer radial dimension of the base portion and the head portion, wherein the upper lid portion is configured to be rotatably mounted below the head portion.7. The device of claim 6, wherein the sliding element includes a slot that is configured to be received within the neck portion of the column member for maintaining the sliding element in position between the base portion and the head portion, wherein the upper lid portion is configured to be rotatably mounted below the sliding element.8. The device of claim 7, wherein the upper lid portion defines a central opening, such that the head portion is insertable through the central opening of the upper lid portion and such that the sliding element is axially moveable relative to the head portion when the sliding element is in a first rotational position relative to the lower lid portion.9. The device of claim 8, wherein the upper lid portion and the sliding element are maintained by the head portion in the neck portion of the column member when the sliding element is rotated away from the first rotational position.10. The device of claim 9, wherein the first rotational position is positioned so as to prevent the upper lid portion from being axially propelled from the lower lid portion by pressure stored in the chamber when the upper lid portion is rotated between the closed position and the first and second open positions.11. The device of claim 10, wherein the upper lid portion has a bridgewall that extends over at least a portion of a top surface of the upper lid portion.12. The device of claim 11, wherein the upper lid portion defines, in a space between a top surface of the upper lid portion and a bottom surface of the bridgewall, a slot configured to receive the sliding element.13. The device of claim 12, wherein the sliding element includes a biased sliding element position indication tab that is configured to register with a tab receiving opening of the upper lid portion when the sliding element is fully inserted in the slot.14. The device of claim 13, wherein the upper lid portion and the lower lid portion have corresponding rotational position indication elements for indicating when the upper lid portion is in one of an open position, a closed position and the first rotational position.15. The device of claim 14, wherein the rotational position indication elements include a radial projection located on one of the upper lid portion and the lower lid portion and a projection receiving opening located on the other of the upper lid portion and the lower lid portion, the rotational position indication elements configured to selectively fix the upper lid portion in one of the open and closed positions.