US3559868A
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Combination beverage container and drinking straw
Assignee: FIRST DYNAMICS Inc
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Filing: 1969-06-02
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Granted: 1971-02-02
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Expires: 1989-06-02
Abstract
Abstract A sealed beverage container has a drinking straw supported in a loop depending from a partly or wholly severable portion of the container cover. In one form such portion is a patchlike tear strip covering a slot in the cover, the slot being wider than the straw and preferably extending from the corner of the cover part way along a diagonal. In another form such portion is coplanar with and integral with the cover, the latter being provided with two niches in the circumferential edge thereof preferably spaced equidistant from a corner thereof, the tip of the corner between the niches being adapted to be grasped to tear the portion upward out of the plane of the cover. In both forms the straw is simultaneously tilted upward for extraction from the loop. Additional provision is made for standing the extracted straw upright in the corresponding corner of the container.
Inventors
- 👤 Henry M Chang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 12:33
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D77/00; B65D77/22; B65D77/24; B65D77/28; B65D77/283
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
A combination beverage container and drinking straw comprising a container body polygonal in cross section and including a bottom wall, sidewalls having their upper edges flared outward to provide a circumferential flange, and a cover dimensioned complementarily to said flange sealed on said flange, said cover including a relatively wide tearable portion which extends from a corner thereof toward the midportion thereof adapted to be torn from the cover in a direction toward said midportion thereby exposing a diagonal slot in the cover, said tearable portion having a width greater than the diameter of said straw and having means on the underside thereof for releasably suspending the straw therefrom in a position intermediate said tearable portion and substantially parallel with said cover, said container body having in the sidewalls thereof adjacent the corner thereof corresponding to said corner of the cover inwardly extending projections extending inward at approximately right angles to said adjacent sidewalls thereby defining together with the portions of said adjacent sidewalls which lie between said projections a socketlike enclosure in which said straw after extraction from said suspending means is registrable.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
A combination beverage container and drinking straw comprising a container body polygonal in cross section and including a bottom wall, sidewalls having their upper edges flared outward to provide a circumferential flange, and a cover dimensioned complementarily to said flange sealed on said flange, said cover including a relatively wide tearable portion which extends from a corner thereof toward the midportion thereof adapted to be torn from the cover in a direction toward said midportion thereby exposing a diagonal slot in the cover, said tearable portion having a width greater than the diameter of said straw and having means on the underside thereof for releasably suspending the straw therefrom in a position intermediate said tearable portion and substantially parallel with said cover, said container body having in the sidewalls thereof adjacent the corner thereof corresponding to said corner of the cover inwardly extending projections extending inward at approximately right angles to said adjacent sidewalls thereby defining together with the portions of said adjacent sidewalls which lie between said projections a socketlike enclosure in which said straw after extraction from said suspending means is registrable.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A combination according to claim 1, said tearable portion comprising a strip adhered to the upper surface of said cover.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
74 words
A combination according to claim 1, said tearable portion lying in the plane of said cover, the end portion of said tearable portion which lies opposite the midportion of the cover having two niches cut into only that portion of the edges thereof which is superimposed on said flange, said niches being spaced from said corner of the cover and defining the width of the corresponding portion of the slot which is first exposed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A combination according to claim 3, said niches being linearly mutually parallel and parallel with the geometric diagonal through said corner of the cover.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A combination according to claim 3, said niches being linearly mutually converging in directions toward a common point positioned within the boundaries of said cover.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A combination according to claim 5, said common point being positioned on said geometric diagonal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A combination according to claim 1, said projections within the container body extending only part way toward each other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A combination according to claim 1, said projections having vertical wall portions on the mutuallY opposed sides thereof frictionally engageable by the straw.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A combination according to claim 8, said projections extending throughout the height of said adjacent sidewalls.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
A combination according to claim 8, said projections extending part way upward from the bottom of the container body toward the upper edges of said sidewalls.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
166 words
In combination, a sealed beverage container and a drinking straw comprising a container body polygonal in cross section including a bottom wall, sidewalls and a cover, said cover including a relatively wide tearable portion which extends from a corner thereof toward the midportion thereof adapted to be torn from the cover in a direction toward said midportion thereby exposing a diagonal slot in the cover, said tearable portion having a width greater than the diameter of said straw and having means on the underside thereof for releasably suspending the straw therefrom in a position intermediate said tearable portion and substantially parallel with said cover, said container body having in the sidewalls thereof adjacent the corner thereof corresponding to said corner of the cover inwardly extending projections extending inward at approximately right angles to said adjacent sidewalls thereby defining together with the portions of said adjacent sidewalls which lie between said projections a socketlike enclosure in which said straw after extraction from said suspending means is registrable.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
166 words
In combination, a sealed beverage container and a drinking straw comprising a container body polygonal in cross section including a bottom wall, sidewalls and a cover, said cover including a relatively wide tearable portion which extends from a corner thereof toward the midportion thereof adapted to be torn from the cover in a direction toward said midportion thereby exposing a diagonal slot in the cover, said tearable portion having a width greater than the diameter of said straw and having means on the underside thereof for releasably suspending the straw therefrom in a position intermediate said tearable portion and substantially parallel with said cover, said container body having in the sidewalls thereof adjacent the corner thereof corresponding to said corner of the cover inwardly extending projections extending inward at approximately right angles to said adjacent sidewalls thereby defining together with the portions of said adjacent sidewalls which lie between said projections a socketlike enclosure in which said straw after extraction from said suspending means is registrable.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1974-02-01 | 1974-08-03 | 1975-02-02 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1978-02-01 | 1978-08-03 | 1979-02-02 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1982-02-01 | 1982-08-03 | 1983-02-02 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |