Drinking cup apparatus

Claim 1

A drinking cup apparatus, comprising, a cup member symmetrically defined about a cup axis, including an upper terminal end, with a lid mounted to the upper terminal end, wherein the lid is symmetrically configured about the cup axis, and the lid including a guide bore coaxially directed through the lid, and a drinking tube slidably mounted through the guide bore, and wherein the guide bore is defined by a guide bore diameter and the drinking tube is defined by a tube diameter, wherein the tube diameter is less than the guide bore diameter, and wherein the lid includes a resilient annular skirt, the resilient annular skirt is securable about the upper terminal end of the cup member to frictionally secure the annular skirt and lid to the cup member, and wherein the guide bore includes a flexible tubular guide coaxially defined about the guide bore and fixedly mounted coaxially of the lid, and wherein the drinking tube includes an abutment disk fixedly mounted about the drinking tube below the tubular guide, wherein the abutment disk is defined by an abutment disk diameter greater than the guide bore diameter to prevent removal of the drinking tube when mounted within the cup member and the guide bore, and wherein the abutment disk includes an upper externally threaded cup-shaped disk and a lower internally threaded cup-shaped disk, the upper externally cup-shaped disk includes an upper drinking tube secured to the upper cup-shaped disk, and the lower drinking tube secured to the lower cup-shaped disk, wherein the upper and lower drinking tubes are coaxially aligned relative to one another, and the upper and lower cup-shaped disks define a disk cavity therebetween when the upper and lower disks are in an assembled configuration, and including a fluid soluble food component tablet positioned within the disk cavity to enhance flavor of fluid directed through the drinking tube.