Container with built-in straw

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A FILLED AND SEALED PACKAGE COMPRISING A TUBE OF FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MATERIAL HAVING TRANSVERSE SEALS AT THE ENDS THEREOF IN PLANES AT SUCH AN ANGLE TO ONE ANOTHER THAT THE PACKAGE IS OF TETRAHEDRAL SHAPE, SAID PACKAGE CONTAINING A DRINK, ONE OF SAID TRANSVERSE SEALS BEING A FLAT SEAL FORMED TO PROVIDE A POCKET AT ONE END THEREOF OPEN TO THE INTERIOR OF THE PACKAGE AT A CORNER OF THE PACKAGE, AND A DRINKING STRAW CONTAINED WITHIN SAID PACKAGE HAVING ONE END THEREOF CONFINED IN SAID POCKET AND EXTENDING ADJACENT THE INSIDE FACE OF ONE OF THE SIDES OF THE PACKAGE TO THE OTHER TRANSVERSE SEAL, THE LENGTH OF SAID STRAW BEING SUCH AS TO MAINTAIN ITS SAID ONE END IN SAID POCKET DESPITE ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT OF THE STRAW, SAID PACKAGE BEING ADAPTED FOR BEING TORN OPEN AT SAID CORNER FOR ACCESS TO SAID ONE END OF THE STRAW, AND HAVING MEANS DEFINING A LINE ON WHICH SAID CORNER IS TO BE TORN OFF, SAID DRINK INCOMPLETELY FILLING SAID PACKAGE SO THAT THE LEVEL OF THE DRINK IS BELOW SAID LINE WHEN SAID PACKAGE IS POSITIONED WITH SAID CORNER UP AND WITH ITS SIDE OPPOSITE SAID ONE SIDE GENERALLY HORIZONTAL, THE INNER EDGE OF SAID OTHER TRANSVERSE SEAL BEING FORMED TO PROVIDE A CENTRAL SUMP AND TO PREVENT SUBSTANTIAL ENDWISE SHIFTING OF SAID STRAW UPON ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID STRAW, THEREBY TO ASSIST IN MAINTAINING SAID ONE END OF THE STRAW IN SAID POCKET.