Collapsible container with straw
OwnerArianna Cheninventor
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Abstract
A collapsible, reusable drinking container is provided having a first opening suitable for pouring and filling, a second opening for accessing the interior of the container for cleaning, and a flexible straw for drinking the contents while the container is held in an upright position. The first opening is reversibly sealed with a cap, the second opening with an interlocking ridge and groove fastener, and the straw is reversibly sealed using a plug, a cap, a push-pull cap, a reversibly discontinuous portion of the straw, or an element for reversibly kinking the straw. The straw is attached to the container wall, to the cap for sealing the first opening, or to the fastener for sealing the second opening.
Claims4
A container comprising:
- a container wall defining a volume;
- wherein said container wall comprises a first side and a second side;
- an opening into said volume;
- a cap configured to seal said opening;
- a straw defining a passageway into said volume;
- wherein said straw further comprises an attachment into said container wall;
- wherein said container reversibly occupies a collapsed configuration defining a first volume and an expanded configuration defining a second volume, and wherein said second volume is greater than said first volume;
- wherein said straw further comprises a top and a bottom, and wherein said top and bottom are generally in a same plane when said container is in said expanded configuration, and wherein said top and bottom are generally parallel when said container is in said collapsed configuration;
- an interlocking ridge and groove fastener configured to seal said first side and said second side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.