Children's drinking vessel

Claim 1

A children's drinking vessel for mounting on a fixed member in a moving vehicle, comprising a container in which a liquid to be consumed by a child user of the vessel is received, said container including a bottom wall, a cylindrical body portion joined to said bottom wall and an upper rim joined to the uppermost end of said body portion, a flexible straw disconnectably mounted on said container and having an inner end that communicates with the liquid located within said container, said straw being constructed and arranged such that the outer end thereof is free and is extendable substantially beyond said container for being received in the mouth of a child user in a position of use, said straw being movable from the extendable position in the position of use to an encircling position around the outer surface of the side wall of said container to a position of non-use, clip means fixed to the outer surface of the side wall of said container normally on the side thereof opposite to the location of the straw when it is in the position of use, said clip means receiving an end portion of the outer end of said straw in a fixed position for locating said straw in the non-use position thereof on said container, and a bracket secured to the side wall of said container for locating said container in an upright fixed position on said fixed member in said vehicle, wherein said container is prevented from tipping in said moving vehicle while said child user drinks the liquid in said container through the straw as extended in the position of use, said bracket being located on said container side wall and spaced from the upper rim of the container to enable the straw to encircle said container and be held in the non-use position by location of the end portion of the straw in said clip means.