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US 10,653,255 B1Granted
Container cap with integrated straw
OwnerNicholas M. Trawinskiinventor
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Abstract
A container cap with integrated straw includes a cap body which carries a drinking straw and is attachable to a beverage container. The container cap engages a neck of the beverage container in a watertight seal to prevent spillage of the beverage from the beverage container during use. A cap retainer can embrace the container cap for enhancing the watertight fitting of the container cap against the neck of the beverage container. The drinking straw can include a distal closed end that opens in the event of user aspiration on the straw. The distal closed end can be provided on the straw or on a disconnectable straw extension.
Claims19
A container with integrated straw, comprising:
- a drinking straw, arranged along a longitudinal direction and comprising a straw intake end and a straw outlet end;
- a container cap including a cap body extending radially outward from the drinking straw, a neck gripping member extending from the cap body, a cap flange extending from the cap body concentric with the neck gripping member, a neck space delimited by the neck gripping member and the cap flange, and at least one radially protruding rib;
- and
- a cap receiver, rotatably attachable to the container cap, the cap receiver comprising an opening configured to allow the container cap to pass through, the cap receiver further comprising at least one radial notch, wherein each notch of the at least one radial notch is sized to allow a corresponding radially protruding rib of the at least one radially protruding rib to longitudinally pass through said each notch;
- wherein
- the container with integrated straw is configured to adopt:
- a non-sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a first position relative to the container cap such that the neck space presents a first size and the at least one radially protruding rib is arranged in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch;
- a sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a second position relative to the container cap which is different from the first position and is such that the cap receiver presses against and deforms the container cap, the neck space presents a second size smaller than the first size, and the at least one radially protruding rib is not in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch, and further in which a protrusion of the cap receiver contacts the at least one protruding rib preventing further rotation of the cap receiver away from the non-sealing position.
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A container with integrated straw, comprising:
- a drinking straw, arranged along a longitudinal direction and comprising a straw intake end and a straw outlet end;
- a container cap including a cap body extending radially outward from the drinking straw, a neck gripping member extending from the cap body towards the straw intake end, a cap flange extending from the cap body towards the straw intake end and concentric with the neck gripping member, a neck space delimited by the neck gripping member and the cap flange, and at least one radially protruding rib, wherein an inner wall of the cap flange is threaded;
- and
- a cap receiver, rotatably attachable to the container cap, the cap receiver comprising an opening configured to allow the container cap to pass through, the cap receiver further comprising at least one radial notch, wherein each notch of the at least one radial notch is sized to allow a corresponding radially protruding rib of the at least one radially protruding rib to longitudinally pass through said each notch;
- wherein
- the container with integrated straw is configured to adopt:
- a non-sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a first position relative to the container cap such that the neck space presents a first size and the at least one radially protruding rib is in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch;
- a sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a second position relative to the container cap which is different than the first position and is such that the cap receiver presses against and deforms the container cap, the neck space presents a second size smaller than the first size, and the at least one radially protruding rib is not in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch, and further in which a protrusion of the cap receiver contacts the at least one protruding rib preventing further rotation of the cap receiver away from the non-sealing position.
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A container with integrated straw, comprising:
- a drinking straw, arranged along a longitudinal direction and comprising a straw intake end and a straw outlet end;
- a container cap including a cap body extending radially outward from the drinking straw, a neck gripping member extending from the cap body towards the straw intake end, a cap flange extending from the cap body towards the straw intake end and concentric with the neck gripping member, a neck space delimited by the neck gripping member and the cap flange, and at least one radially protruding rib, wherein an inner wall of the cap flange is threaded and the cap flange is terminated in at least one resilient cap lip;
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- a cap receiver, rotatably attachable to the container cap, the cap receiver comprising an opening configured to allow the container cap to pass through, and at least one protruding arm extending towards the straw intake end, the cap receiver further comprising at least one radial notch, wherein each radial notch of the at least one radial notch is sized to allow a corresponding radially protruding rib of the at least one radially protruding rib to longitudinally pass through said each notch;
- wherein
- the container with integrated straw is configured to adopt:
- a non-sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a first position relative to the container cap such that the neck space presents a first size and the at least one radially protruding rib is in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch;
- a sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a second position relative to the container cap which is different than the first position and is such that the at least one arm pushes the at least one resilient cap lip towards the neck gripping member, neck space presents a second size smaller than the first size, and the at least one radially protruding rib is not in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch, and further in which a protrusion of the cap receiver contacts the at least one protruding rib preventing further rotation of the cap receiver away from the non-sealing position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.