Disposable beverage containers having integral drinking straws

Claim 1

A beverage container comprising: a flexible container body which defines an interior volume for containing a liquid beverage therein; said container body including a bottom wall, opposing front and rear panels each joined at a lower region to said bottom wall and converging towards one another at an upper region, and a pair of opposing generally triangularly shaped side panels joined to respective side edges of said front and rear panels and to said bottom wall; a drinking straw integrally coupled to said upper regions of said front and rear panels and in fluid-communication with said interior volume for allowing a user to withdraw said contained beverage from said interior volume; and bellows means for integrally coupling said drinking straw to said container body and for allowing said drinking straw to be foldable between a stowed position wherein said drinking straw is closely adjacent said container body, and an erected position wherein said drinking straw outwardly extends from said container body, wherein said front panel of said container body includes means defining a recess sized and configured to hold said drinking straw therein when in said stowed position.