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US 11,375,834 B2Granted
Coupling for a drinking straw
OwnerRyan Barrettinventor
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Abstract
A coupling including a first elongate member and a second elongate member. The first elongate member includes a first tube and a first magnet. The first tube has a first end and a second end. The first magnet secures to the first end of the first tube. The second elongate member includes a second tube and a second magnet. The second tube has a first end and a second end. The second magnet secures to the first end of the second tube. The first and second magnets are cooperatively configured to attract one another and secure the first end of the first tube to the first end of the second tube.
Claims13
A drinking straw comprising:
- a first elongate member comprising:
- a first tube having a first end with a first external circumference and a second end with a second external circumference greater than the first external circumference of the first end of the first tube wherein the first end of the first tube has a recess defined by an area of the first end having the first external circumference, and a first magnet secured to and covering an entirety of the recess;
- and a second elongate member comprising:
- a second tube having a uniform external circumference between a first end and a second end, and a second magnet secured to an internal surface of the second tube proximate the first end of the second tube;
- and wherein the first elongate member and the second elongate member are positionable into a coupled configuration defined by the first magnet and second magnet configured to attract one another and secure the first end of the first tube to the first end of the second tube in a coupled configuration;
- and wherein the first elongate member and second elongate member are positionable into a nested configuration wherein in the nested configuration the second end of the second elongate member receives the second end of the first elongate member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.