Receptacles – Container attachment or adjunct – Drinking device
Patent
1992-10-08
1994-10-11
Moy, Joseph Man-Fu
Receptacles
Container attachment or adjunct
Drinking device
206217, 206229, 215 1A, 215229, B65D 2500
Patent
active
053539559
ABSTRACT:
Unitary beverage containers include a main body defining a container volume. A flexible conduit or straw is fluidly connected at a proximal end with the volume adjacent the bottom or top of the main body. The conduit or straw also includes a distal end which is preferably in the form of some shape of hollow mouthpiece having a central aperture therein with the mouthpiece is located adjacent the top of the main body. A connection or closing mechanism removably attaches a hollow member to the distal end of the flexible straw or conduit and closes the aperture of the distal end. The mechanism includes a short hollow bridge extending from the aperture at the distal end of the flexible straw or conduit which is broken during removal of the hollow member to uncover the aperture prior to use. The hollow member is otherwise isolated fluidly from the container volume. A indentation in which the mouthpiece and hollow member are received is provided at the top. A second attaching mechanism in some embodiments removably attaches the flexible straw or conduit 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
Savoie Thomas R.
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