Cup with hole: apparatus and methods

A cup with hole apparatus that can be configured as a single-use beverage cup comprising:

• a container constructed of an encasing side wall with a plurality of opposing ends;
• each of the opposing ends incorporating one of a plurality of openings from which a liquid contained in the container can flow, with at least one of these openings being an opening well suited for the drinking of contained liquids;
• the container is configured as a single-use beverage cup by assembling a removable flow restricting part to the opening well suited for the drinking of the contained liquid, and installing permanent flow restricting parts to all other openings;
• the removable flow restricting part is removed to allow for drinking;
• the plurality of openings comprises two openings, the two openings are a drinking hole and a wide opening with lip;
• the removable flow restricting part is a removable plug for the drinking hole, the permanent flow restricting parts are a permanent plug and a lid for the wide opening with lip;
• the removable plug, which can be individual or configured from multiple parts, fits to a top or bottom section to restrict flow through the drinking hole, the permanent plug, which can be individual or configured from multiple parts, assembles by fitting inside the encasing side wall beneath a lid attached to the wide opening with lip to restrict flow through the wide opening with lip;
• the removable plug is removed by hand or using a drinking straw to allow for drinking via the drinking hole.

A cup with hole assembly method for a single-use beverage cup comprising:

• procure a beverage cup with an opening with lip at the top, a drinking hole incorporated into a top or bottom section at the bottom, and an encasing side connecting the two;
• fit a removable plug, which can be individual or configured from multiple parts, to the top or bottom section to restrict flow through the drinking hole;
• fill the beverage cup with liquid via the opening with lip;
• install a permanent plug, which can be individual or configured from multiple parts, by fitting it inside the encasing side wall beneath a lid attached to the opening with lip to restrict flow through the opening with lip;
• invert the filled beverage cup;
• the beverage cup becomes single-use once the removable plug is dislodged by hand or using a drinking straw to allow for drinking via the drinking hole.