Single use beverage container top

Claim 1

A lid for single use beverage containers comprising: a unitary plastic top of sheet form including an edge rim having a reentrant portion for receiving the lip of a single service beverage container; said top including a severance line within said edge rim defining an arcuate region having a length extending generally along the inner side of the edge rim and a width extending generally radially; the length and width of said region defined by said severance line being greater than the width thereof by a factor of at least five; wherein said top includes a generally upward extending frusto-conical shape formed in said top within the region defined by said severance line and being confined to an area substantially smaller than the area defined by said arcuate region so that a major portion of said arcuate region is outside of said frusto-conical shape; said frusto-conical shape being of sufficient size to be graspable to remove said region defined by said severance line; said frusto-conical shape including a second severance line adjacent the extremity thereof dimensioned to enclose a region sufficient to receive a sanitary straw and penetrable thereby.