Beverage carton with straw

Claim 1

A PAPER BEVERAGE CARTON PROVIDED WITH A TUBUALR PAPER STRAW THEREIN AND ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A CARTON WALL OPENING FOR DRINKING BY A PERSON THROUGH THE STRAW, THE CARTON HAVING A GENERALLY VERTICAL SIDE WALL AND A TOP WALL EXTENDING AT AN ANGLE THERETO, THE TOP WALL BEING SCORED TO DEFINE ONE END AND TWO SIDE EDGES OF AN ELONGATED FLAP ATTACHED TO THE CARTON AT ANOTHER END AS A HINGE AND TO BE LIFTED FOR PROVIDING AN OPENING IN THE TOP WALL, THE STRAW HAVING SMOOTH RELATIVE RIGID END LENGTHS AND A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CORRUGATED FLEXIBLE INTERMEDIATE LENGTH, THE TOP WALL OPENING BEING OF A LENGTH FOR RADIALLY SWINGING THERETHROUGH OF ONE END LENGTH OF THE STRAW FOR RETENTION BETWEEN THE LIPS OF A PERSON WHILE DRINKING THERETHROUGH, THE OTHER RIGID END LENGTH OF THE STRAW BEING ATTACHED TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE CARTON SIDE WALL AND EXTENDING ADJACENT TO THE HINGED END OF THE FLAP AND THE REMAINDER OF THE STRAW BEING UNATTACHED AND HAVING ITS INTERMEDIATE LENGTH BENT FROM BELOW THE HINGE END OF THE FLAP TO EXTEND ALONG THE INSIDE SURFACE THEREOF WITH THE SAID ONE RIGID STRAW LENGTH EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE SAID ONE END OF THE OPENING UPON LIFTING OF THE FLAP.