Receptacles – Outlet or junction box type – Sectional receptacle
Patent
1987-03-09
1988-03-01
Lowrance, George E.
Receptacles
Outlet or junction box type
Sectional receptacle
215 1A, 229 7S, A47G 1922
Patent
active
047280018
ABSTRACT:
A beverage container having a drinking straw packaged with a beverage therein. The beverage container comprises a hollow container having a top end and a bottom end joined by a side wall. The top end has a normally sealed pour opening which is adapted to be opened upon demand for access to the beverage in the hollow container. The hollow container is filled with the beverage to a level near the top end thereof. The beverage container also includes a drinking straw disposed in the hollow container. The drinking straw is defined by a tube having an open drinking passage extending completely therethrough and is initially bent intermediate opposing ends thereof into a generally circular configuration substantially disposed in a plane with the opposing ends in generally adjacent relation. The drinking straw floats on the beverage near the top end of the hollow container. The beverage container also includes the drinking straw having at least one of the opposing ends bent to project at an angle to the plane defined by the portion of the tube in the generally circular configuration. The one of the opposing ends projects upwardly of the plane and inwardly of the generally circular configuration by a distance sufficient to extend through the pour opening for removal of the tube. The tube is at least partially removable from the hollow container through the pour opening, bent substantially from the generally circular configuration into a generally straight configuration during the partial removal, and is thereafter reinsertable into the hollow container through the pour opening. With this arrangement, the drinking straw can be packaged in the beverage container with the beverage in a first configuration and can be at least partially removed from the beverage container for reinsertion for drinking the beverage in a second configuration.
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