A hot beverage lid construction is used in combination with a hot beverage container for enhancing the safety of the outfitted beverage container and for selectively cooling the beverage prior to consumption and preventing spillage. The lid construction includes an inner container wall-engaging, lid
A hot beverage lid construction is used in combination with a hot beverage container for enhancing the safety of the outfitted beverage container and for selectively cooling the beverage prior to consumption and preventing spillage. The lid construction includes an inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure. The lid construction is outfitted upon a beverage container such that the inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure engages and effectively locks the lid construction to inner container wall surfacing of the beverage container. The lid construction, being outfitted upon the beverage container, defines a lower beverage-receiving compartment and at least one upper beverage flow channel. Each beverage flow channel effectively functions to receive heat from channel-received beverage before the channel-received beverage exits the primary beverage outlet. A bypass element is selectively removable from a lower-inner material layer of the lid construction so as to enable the user to bypass flow channel functionality.
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1. A hot beverage container assembly, the hot beverage container assembly comprising, in combination: a beverage container and a lid construction, the beverage container comprising an inner container wall surfacing and an upper container rim, the lid construction comprising a primary beverage outlet
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A hot beverage container assembly, the hot beverage container assembly comprising, in combination: a beverage container and a lid construction, the beverage container comprising an inner container wall surfacing and an upper container rim, the lid construction comprising a primary beverage outlet and a container-to-lid interface assembly, the container-to-lid interface assembly comprising means for receiving the upper container rim and an inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure, the lid construction being outfitted upon the beverage container such that the upper container rim is received by the means for receiving the upper container rim and the inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure engages and effectively locks the lid construction to the inner container wall surfacing, the lid construction, being outfitted upon the beverage container, defining a lower beverage-receiving compartment and at least one upper beverage flow channel, each beverage flow channel for receiving heat from a beverage before said beverage exits the primary beverage outlet. 2. The hot beverage container assembly of claim 1 wherein the inner container wall surfacing comprises a structure-receiving notch, the inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure being receivable in the structure-receiving notch. 3. The hot beverage container assembly of claim 1 wherein the inner container wall surfacing is pierceable, the pierceable inner container wall surfacing being pierced by the inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure when the lid construction is outfitted upon the beverage container. 4. The hot beverage container assembly of claim 1 wherein the lid construction defines beverage-receiving flow channels intermediate an upper-outer material layer and a lower-inner material layer of said lid construction, the beverage-receiving flow channels for causing heat transfer from the hot beverage prior to exiting the primary beverage outlet. 5. The hot beverage container assembly of claim 4 wherein the lower-inner material layer mimics the upper-outer material layer in cross-section, the mimicking lower-inner material layer for minimizing the volumetric space of the beverage-receiving flow channels. 6. The hot beverage container assembly of claim 5 wherein the lower-inner material layer comprises a beverage-damming ridge in inferior adjacency to the primary beverage outlet of the upper-outer material layer, the beverage-damming ridge for preventing beverage spillage and enabling the user to control beverage flow rates of the beverage received within the beverage-receiving flow channels prior to exiting the primary beverage outlet. 7. The hot beverage container assembly of claim 6 wherein the beverage-damming ridge comprises a centralized trough, the centralized trough for creating turbulent air currents in adjacency to the beverage as the beverage passes over the beverage-damming ridge, the centralized trough thus for further enhancing heat transfer from the beverage. 8. The hot beverage container assembly of claim 4 wherein the lower-inner material layer comprises a removable bypass element, the removable bypass element being formed in inferior adjacency to the primary beverage outlet for enabling the user to selectively bypass the lower-inner material layer by removing the bypass element thereby opening a secondary beverage outlet in inferior adjacency to the primary beverage outlet for enabling beverage to flow directly from the beverage-containing compartment of the beverage container through the secondary and primary beverage outlets. 9. The hot beverage container assembly of claim 8 wherein the bypass element comprises a pull tab, the pull tab for enabling the user to more easily and manually remove the bypass element. 10. A lid construction attachable to a select beverage container for preventing inadvertent removal of the lid construction from the select beverage container, the lid construction comprising: an inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure, the lid construction being outfittable upon the select beverage container such that the inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure engages an inner container wall surfacing of the select beverage container for preventing inadvertent removal of the lid construction from the select beverage container, the inner container wall surfacing comprising a structure-receiving notch and being piercable, the inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure being receivable in the structure-receiving notch and piercing the inner container wall surfacing when the lid construction is outfitted upon the select beverage container. 11. The lid construction of claim 10 wherein the lid construction defines at least one beverage-receiving flow channel intermediate an upper-outer material layer and a lower-inner material layer of said lid construction, the at least one beverage-receiving flow channel for causing heat transfer from a hot beverage prior to exiting a primary beverage outlet formed in the lid construction. 12. The lid construction of claim 11 wherein the lower-inner material layer mimics the upper-outer material layer in cross-section, the mimicking lower-inner material layer for minimizing the volumetric space of each beverage-receiving flow channel. 13. The lid construction of claim 11 wherein the lower-inner material layer comprises a beverage-damming ridge in inferior adjacency to the primary beverage outlet of the upper-outer material layer, the beverage-damming ridge for preventing beverage spillage and enabling the user to control beverage flow rates of the beverage received within each beverage-receiving flow channel prior to exiting the primary beverage outlet. 14. The lid construction of claim 13 wherein the beverage-damming ridge comprises a centralized trough, the centralized trough for creating turbulent air currents in adjacency to the beverage as the beverage passes over the beverage-damming ridge, the centralized trough thus for enhancing heat transfer from the beverage. 15. The lid construction of claim 13 wherein the lower-inner material layer comprises a removable bypass element, the removable bypass element being formed in inferior adjacency to the primary beverage outlet for enabling the user to selectively bypass the lower-inner material layer by removing the bypass element and opening a secondary beverage outlet in alignment with the primary beverage outlet for enabling beverage to flow directly from a beverage-containing compartment of the beverage container through the secondary and primary beverage outlets. 16. The lid construction of claim 15 wherein the bypass element comprises a pull tab, the pull tab for enabling the user to more easily and manually remove the bypass element. 17. A lid insert construction attachable to a beverage container lid for preventing inadvertent removal of the beverage container lid from a beverage container, the lid insert construction comprising: an inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure, the lid construction being outfittable upon a beverage container such that the inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure engages an inner container wall surfacing of the beverage container for preventing inadvertent removal of the beverage container lid from the beverage container. 18. The lid insert construction of claim 17 wherein the lid insert construction defines at least one beverage-receiving flow channel intermediate the beverage container lid and a lower-inner material layer of said lid insert construction, the at least one beverage-receiving flow channel for causing heat transfer from a hot beverage prior to exiting a primary beverage outlet formed in the beverage container lid. 19. The lid insert construction of claim 18 wherein the lid insert construction provides beverage-oscillation damping means, the beverage-oscillation damping means for damping beverage oscillations within the beverage container. 20. The lid insert construction of claim 18 wherein the lid insert construction provides beverage-redirection means for redirecting beverage away from the primary beverage outlet to prevent beverage spillage. 21. The lid insert construction of claim 17 wherein the inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure is semicircular for enabling the user to more easily and selectively remove the beverage container lid from the beverage container. 22. A lid construction attachable to a select beverage container for preventing inadvertent removal of the lid construction from the select beverage container, the lid construction comprising: an inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure, the lid construction being outfittable upon the select beverage container such that the inner container wall-engaging, lid-to-wall locking structure pierces a piercable inner container wall surfacing of the select beverage container for preventing inadvertent removal of the lid construction from the select beverage container. 23. The lid construction of claim 22 wherein the lid construction defines at least one beverage-receiving flow channel intermediate an upper-outer material layer and a lower-inner material layer of said lid construction, the at least one beverage-receiving flow channel for causing heat transfer from a hot beverage prior to exiting a primary beverage outlet formed in the lid construction.
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