Receptacles – Container attachment or adjunct – Drinking device
Patent
1992-06-12
1995-01-31
Moy, Joseph Man-Fu
Receptacles
Container attachment or adjunct
Drinking device
215 1A, 229 75, B65D 2546
Patent
active
053852648
ABSTRACT:
A unitary beverage container includes a main body defining a container volume. A flexible straw is fluidly connected at a proximal end with the volume adjacent the bottom of the main body. The flexible straw includes a series of segments which provide bending diaphragms. The straw also includes a distal end which is preferably in the form of a planar hollow mouthpiece having vertical wings and a central aperture therein with the mouthpiece is located adjacent the top of the main body. The segments of the straw near the bottom are strengthened and a curved portion of the straw has wedge shaped segments. An attaching mechanism removably attaches the distal end of the flexible straw to the top of main body and closes the aperture of the distal end. The attaching mechanism includes a short hollow bridge extending from the aperture at the distal end of the flexible straw which is broken during removal of the flexible straw to uncover the aperture prior to use. The hollow bridge is connected to a hollow chamber which is otherwise isolated fluidly from the container volume. A concavity in which the mouthpiece is received is provided at the top. A second attaching mechanism removably attaches the flexible straw to the main body.
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Bostwick Martin M.
Brainard Robert H.
Kaufman Richard H.
Kostanecki Andrew T.
Kovacic Theodore J.
Kraft General Foods Inc.
Man-Fu Moy Joseph
Marcoux Thomas A.
Savoie Thomas R.
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