Receptacles – Container attachment or adjunct – Drinking device
Patent
1995-01-11
1995-10-31
Shoap, Allan N.
Receptacles
Container attachment or adjunct
Drinking device
220705, 239 33, A47G 1922, A47G 2118, B65D 4712
Patent
active
054621941
ABSTRACT:
A straw for a drinking container that is self-ventilating and self-sealing. The straw has two parts, a straw tip and a straw cover. The cover is retained on the straw tip and is movable by manual pressure between a closed position and an open position. The tip has a solid closed top and an open bottom to allow for a straw extension piece to extend into the container for drawing liquid up into the straw. The straw is self-sealing in that a hole in the cover through which a user would suck is sized to sealingly fit the end of the tip in the closed position. In addition, the cover and tip are sealed at the open bottom in the closed position and drainage holes in the tip allow any liquid that falls between the cover and the tip to flow back into the container. The tip has an abutment surface around its perimeter between holes that release liquid in the user's mouth and holes that allow for air intake. The straw is self ventilating in that when the cover, which is attached to the tip just above the abutment surface, is moved to the open position, ridges on the inner surface of the cover grasp the tip's surface at certain points so as to automatically allow air into the container to draw out liquid, while at the same time preventing air from entering the user's mouth.
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Applicant discloses a closure cap sold by an entity called Nepco in the United States. Applicant encloses a sample of the Nepco product.
Candea Inc.
Gray Brian W.
Hylton Robin A.
Shoap Allan N.
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