Novelty drinking straw providing continuous straw illusion

Details Novelty drinking straw providing continuous straw illusion Novelty drinking straw providing continuous straw illusion

1999-03-25

2000-05-16

Kashnikow, Andres

Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing

Fountains or drinking tubes and straws

Drinking

446200, 446267, D73002, A47G 2118

Patent

active

060624884

ABSTRACT:
A novelty drinking straw including an elongated straw portion extending into a molded structure for passing liquid through the molded structure. A short straw portion is also attached to the molded structure and is aligned with the elongated straw portion to generate an illusion that the short straw portion and the elongated straw portion form a continuous liquid passage. The molded structure is in the form of an action figure or other character. The elongated straw portion and the short straw portion extend from opposing sides of a first hand of the action figure, thereby generating an illusion that the first hand is holding a single continuous straw. The elongated straw portion extends through a body of the action figure to a second elongated straw portion extending from a second hand. A second short straw portion is also attached to the second hand such that another illusion is generated that the second hand is holding a second continuous straw. In other embodiments, one or more mirrors are used to reflect semi-cylindrical sections extending inside a hollow structure to provide the illusion that two separated straw sections extend into the hollow structure.

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