Abstract A plastic beverage container is formed from a tubular blank and has a lower portion formed in a bottle-like shape and an upper portion which includes a gradually diametrically reduced bellows tube. The upper portion further comprises a mouth tube with a smaller diameter than the bellows tube with the upper portion of the mouth tube forming a small tube with a smaller diameter than the mouth tube. The upper portion of the small tube forms a fine tube with a smaller diameter than the small tube with a thin walled junction formed between the small tube and the mouth tube. The small tube is provided with a pair of outwardly extending twist vanes to permit the tube to be broken at the thin walled junction for consumption of the beverage.
A blow-molded soft plastic receptacle comprising: a receptacle body having a lower portion formed in a bottle-like shape; an upper portion forming a mouth tube having a sucking opening therein; a removable top portion joined with said mouth tube by a fairly small thickness wall surrounding said sucking opening; twisting means on said removable top portion for transferring a twisting force to said removable top portion; and restoring means for providing a restoring force to said mouth tube in response to the twisting force transferred by said twisting means, wherein said means for providing a restoring force comprises a bellow tube, and whereby said twisting force and restoring force act synergetically on said fairly small thickness wall to achieve a cutting or tearing of said fairly small thickness wall.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A blow-molded soft plastic receptacle comprising: a receptacle body having a lower portion formed in a bottle-like shape; an upper portion forming a mouth tube having a sucking opening therein; a removable top portion joined with said mouth tube by a fairly small thickness wall surrounding said sucking opening; twisting means on said removable top portion for transferring a twisting force to said removable top portion; and restoring means for providing a restoring force to said mouth tube in response to the twisting force transferred by said twisting means, wherein said means for providing a restoring force comprises a bellow tube, and whereby said twisting force and restoring force act synergetically on said fairly small thickness wall to achieve a cutting or tearing of said fairly small thickness wall.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A blow-molded soft plastic receptacle as recited in claim 1, wherein said twisting means comprises a pair of twist vanes attached to said removable top portion.