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A cup lid assembly includes a cover and a cap. The cover includes an annular mounting portion that secures the cover to the cup rim, an outer annular side wall, an annular upper ridge, an annular inner sidewall, and an interior portion. The annular upper ridge has a drink opening, and the annular in

A cup lid assembly includes a cover and a cap. The cover includes an annular mounting portion that secures the cover to the cup rim, an outer annular side wall, an annular upper ridge, an annular inner sidewall, and an interior portion. The annular upper ridge has a drink opening, and the annular inner sidewall slopes downward and inward from the annular upper ridge toward the interior portion. The cap is removably attachable to the cover and includes a main body arranged to be positioned over the interior portion of the cover and a hinged flap extending from the main body. The hinged flap includes a plug adapted to seal the drink opening. The annular inner sidewall has printed text provided on the sloped surface of the annular inner sidewall opposite the drink opening.

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1. A lid assembly comprising: a cover configured to attach to a top rim of a cup surrounding a cup opening, the cover including: an annular mounting portion configured to receive the top rim of the cup and secure the cover thereto;an annular upper ridge defined between an inner peripheral edge and o

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A lid assembly comprising: a cover configured to attach to a top rim of a cup surrounding a cup opening, the cover including: an annular mounting portion configured to receive the top rim of the cup and secure the cover thereto;an annular upper ridge defined between an inner peripheral edge and outer peripheral edge, the annular upper ridge having a drink opening;an annular outer sidewall extending upward from the mounting portion to the outer peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge;an interior portion having an outer periphery; andan annular inner sidewall having a surface that slopes downward and inward from the inner peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge to the outer periphery of the interior portion; anda cap removably attachable to the cover, the cap comprising: a main body configured to attach to and cover at least part of the interior portion of the cover; anda flap extending from the main body, the flap including a plug at an end of the flap, the plug configured to pivot between open and closed positions, and to be inserted into and seal the drink opening in the closed position,wherein the annular inner sidewall comprises readable indicia on the sloped surface, the readable indicia extending along a portion of the annular inner sidewall that is opposite the drink opening,wherein a slope angle of the portion of the annular inner sidewall comprising readable indicia differs from a slope angle of the annular inner sidewall adjacent the drink opening, wherein the slope angle is defined by the angle between an axis tangent to the annular inner sidewall and a horizontal axis of the cover, andwherein the slope angle of the portion of the annular inner sidewall that comprises the readable indicia is between about 10° and about 25°. 2. The lid assembly of claim 1, wherein the slope angle of the annular inner sidewall portion adjacent the drink opening is between about 30° and about 45°. 3. A lid assembly comprising: a cover configured to attach to a top rim of a cup surrounding a cup opening, the cover including: an annular mounting portion configured to receive the top rim of the cup and secure the cover thereto;an annular upper ridge defined between an inner peripheral edge and outer peripheral edge, the annular upper ridge having a drink opening;an annular outer sidewall extending upward from the mounting portion to the outer peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge;an interior portion having an outer periphery; andan annular inner sidewall having a surface that slopes downward and inward from the inner peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge to the outer periphery of the interior portion; anda cap removably attachable to the cover, the cap comprising: a main body configured to attach to and cover at least part of the interior portion of the cover; anda flap extending from the main body, the flap including a plug at an end of the flap, the plug configured to pivot between open and closed positions, and to be inserted into and seal the drink opening in the closed position,wherein the annular inner sidewall comprises readable indicia on the sloped surface, the readable indicia extending along a portion of the annular inner sidewall that is opposite the drink opening,wherein the interior portion of the cover comprises a first post and the main body of the cap comprises a second post that defines a cavity on an underside of the cap, wherein the first post is configured to fit within the cavity to facilitate securing the cap to the cover, and wherein the second post is configured to form a securable connection with the plug at the end of the flap, andwherein the main body of the cap comprises readable indicia between the second post and an edge of the cap opposite the flap. 4. A lid assembly comprising: a cover configured to attach to a top rim of a cup surrounding a cup opening, the cover including: an annular mounting portion configured to receive the top rim of the cup and secure the cover thereto;an annular upper ridge defined between an inner peripheral edge and outer peripheral edge, the annular upper ridge having a drink opening;an annular outer sidewall extending upward from the mounting portion to the outer peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge;an interior portion having an outer periphery; andan annular inner sidewall having a surface that slopes downward and inward from the inner peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge to the outer periphery of the interior portion; anda cap removably attachable to the cover, the cap comprising: a main body configured to attach to and cover at least part of the interior portion of the cover; anda flap extending from the main body, the flap including a plug at an end of the flap, the plug configured to pivot between open and closed positions, and to be inserted into and seal the drink opening in the closed position,wherein the annular inner sidewall comprises readable indicia on the sloped surface, the readable indicia extending along a portion of the annular inner sidewall that is opposite the drink opening,wherein the interior portion of the cover comprises a first post and the main body of the cap comprises a second post that defines a cavity on an underside of the cap, wherein the first post is configured to fit within the cavity to facilitate securing the cap to the cover, wherein the second post is configured to form a securable connection with the plug at the end of the flap, andwherein the flap in the open position is configured to be secured to the second post without covering any of the readable indicia on the cap. 5. A lid assembly comprising: a cover configured to attach to a top rim of a cup surrounding a cup opening, the cover including: an annular mounting portion configured to receive the top rim of the cup and secure the cover thereto;an annular upper ridge defined between an inner peripheral edge and outer peripheral edge, the annular upper ridge having a drink opening;an annular outer sidewall extending upward from the mounting portion to the outer peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge;an interior portion having an outer periphery; andan annular inner sidewall having a surface that slopes downward and inward from the inner peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge to the outer periphery of the interior portion; anda cap removably attachable to the cover, the cap comprising: a main body configured to attach to and cover at least part of the interior portion of the cover; anda flap extending from the main body, the flap including a plug at an end of the flap, the plug configured to pivot between open and closed positions, and to be inserted into and seal the drink opening in the closed position,wherein the annular inner sidewall comprises readable indicia on the sloped surface, the readable indicia extending along a portion of the annular inner sidewall that is opposite the drink opening, andwherein the cover and the cap are formed from materials having different thicknesses. 6. The lid assembly of claim 5, wherein a slope angle of the portion of the annular inner sidewall comprising readable indicia differs from a slope angle of the annular inner sidewall adjacent the drink opening, wherein the slope angle is defined by the angle between an axis tangent to the annular inner sidewall and a horizontal axis of the cover. 7. The lid assembly of claim 5, wherein the readable indicia is formed by a deformation in the cover. 8. The lid assembly of claim 7, wherein the readable indicia forms at least one of an embossed or a raised marking, and is formed by at least one of a molding, engraving, or stamping process. 9. The lid assembly of claim 5, wherein the flap is configured so that it does not obscure the readable indicia in when the flap is in either the open position or the closed position. 10. The lid assembly of claim 5, wherein the interior portion of the cover comprises a first post and the main body of the cap comprises a second post that defines a cavity on an underside of the cap, wherein the first post is configured to fit within the cavity to facilitate securing the cap to the cover, and wherein the second post is configured to form a securable connection with the plug at the end of the flap. 11. The lid assembly of claim 5, wherein the annular upper ridge includes an inclined surface between the inner and outer peripheral edges thereof that extends transversely with respect to a horizontal plane defined by the cup opening, such that the distance between the inclined surface of the annular upper ridge and the annular mounting portion at the drink opening is greater than the distance between the inclined surface of the annular upper ridge and the annular mounting portion adjacent the portion of the annular inner sidewall comprising the readable indicia. 12. The lid assembly of claim 5, wherein the annular upper ridge has a width between the inner and outer peripheral edges that is greater at the drink opening than along the portion of the annular upper ridge opposite the drink opening. 13. The lid assembly of claim 5, wherein the main body of the cap is defined by an outer perimeter, the outer perimeter defining a shape that corresponds with that of the outer periphery of the interior portion of the cover such that the cap covers substantially the entire interior portion of the cover when the cap is attached to the cover. 14. The lid assembly of claim 5, wherein the interior portion of the cover includes a cap mounting groove and a recessed well portion, wherein the cap mounting groove extends around the outer periphery of the interior portion and terminates adjacent opposite sidewalls of the recessed well portion, and wherein the main body of the cap includes a corresponding projection and a well portion that complement the cap mounting groove and recessed well portion of the interior portion of the cover so that the main body nests over the interior portion of the cover when the cap is mounted to the cover with the projection received within the cap mounting groove. 15. A lid assembly comprising: a cover configured to attach to a top rim of a cup surrounding a cup opening, the cover including: an annular mounting portion configured to receive the top rim of the cup to secure the cover thereto;an annular upper ridge defined between an inner peripheral edge and an outer peripheral edge, the annular upper ridge having a drink opening;an annular outer sidewall extending upward from the mounting portion to the outer peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge;an interior portion having an outer periphery; andan annular inner sidewall circumscribing the interior portion, the annular inner sidewall sloping downward and inward between inner peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge and the outer periphery of the interior portion; anda cap removably attachable to the cover comprising: a main body configured to attach to and cover at least part of the interior portion of the cover; anda flap pivotally extending from the main body, the flap including a plug at an end of the flap, the plug configured to be inserted into and seal the drink opening,wherein interior portion of the cover comprises a first post and the main body of the cap comprises a second post that defines a cavity on an underside of the cap, wherein the first post is configured to fit within the cavity when the cap is secured to the cover, wherein the second post is configured to form a securable connection with the plug at the end of the flap for holding the flap in an open position away from the drink opening, andwherein the first post is positioned in a centralized location of the cover. 16. The lid assembly of claim 15, wherein the main body of the cap is defined by an outer perimeter, the outer perimeter defining a shape that corresponds with that of the outer periphery of the interior portion of the cover such that the cap covers substantially the entire interior portion of the cover when the cap is attached to the cover. 17. A lid assembly comprising: a cover configured to attach to a top rim of a cup surrounding a cup opening, the cover including: an annular mounting portion configured to receive the top rim of the cup to secure the cover thereto;an annular upper ridge defined between an inner peripheral edge and an outer peripheral edge, the annular upper ridge having a drink opening;an annular outer sidewall extending upward from the mounting portion to the outer peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge;an interior portion having an outer periphery; andan annular inner sidewall circumscribing the interior portion, the annular inner sidewall sloping downward and inward between inner peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge and the outer periphery of the interior portion; anda cap removably attachable to the cover comprising: a main body configured to attach to and cover at least part of the interior portion of the cover; anda flap pivotally extending from the main body, the flap including a plug at an end of the flap, the plug configured to be inserted into and seal the drink opening,wherein interior portion of the cover comprises a first post and the main body of the cap comprises a second post that defines a cavity on an underside of the cap, wherein the first post is configured to fit within the cavity when the cap is secured to the cover, wherein the second post is configured to form a securable connection with the plug at the end of the flap for holding the flap in an open position away from the drink opening, andwherein the first post is positioned at the center of the cover. 18. A lid assembly comprising: a cover configured to attach to a top rim of a cup surrounding a cup opening, the cover including: an annular mounting portion configured to receive the top rim of the cup to secure the cover thereto;an annular upper ridge defined between an inner peripheral edge and an outer peripheral edge, the annular upper ridge having a drink opening;an annular outer sidewall extending upward from the mounting portion to the outer peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge;an interior portion having an outer periphery; andan annular inner sidewall circumscribing the interior portion, the annular inner sidewall sloping downward and inward between inner peripheral edge of the annular upper ridge and the outer periphery of the interior portion; anda cap removably attachable to the cover comprising: a main body configured to attach to and cover at least part of the interior portion of the cover; anda flap pivotally extending from the main body, the flap including a plug at an end of the flap, the plug configured to be inserted into and seal the drink opening,wherein interior portion of the cover comprises a first post and the main body of the cap comprises a second post that defines a cavity on an underside of the cap, wherein the first post is configured to fit within the cavity when the cap is secured to the cover, wherein the second post is configured to form a securable connection with the plug at the end of the flap for holding the flap in an open position away from the drink opening, andwherein the main body of the cap comprises readable indicia between the second post and a peripheral edge of the cap side opposite the flap. 19. The lid assembly of claim 18, wherein the flap is configured to secure to the second post without covering the readable indicia on the cap.