Bottles and jars – Closures – Combined or convertible
Patent
1993-04-20
1995-08-08
Shoap, Allan N.
Bottles and jars
Closures
Combined or convertible
215 111, 215388, 220707, 220709, B65D 4700
Patent
active
054391253
ABSTRACT:
Drinking devices include at least a drinking tube, a container lid and/or a container. The drinking tube includes a first free end located proximal a mouth of the container or the lid. At least a portion of the drinking tube, which is in or is intended to be placed in a container, is looped and is sufficiently flexible so as to tend to collapse under its own weight to open or close the individual loops and to permit at least a second free end of the drinking tube to drop to the lowest point within the container, regardless of the orientation of the container. A variety of specific configurations are disclosed for sports drink containers, infant nursing bottles, and drink bottles, cups, cans and other liquid containers for a variety of uses.
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Shoap Allan N.
Stuckes Nove
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