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US 12,583,651 B2Granted
Dual functioning straw and drink spout
AssigneeBomber Brands Inc.
InventorsMatthew Edward Bruins, Dillon Cody Rosenau, Patrick Chase Cooper, Kyle Charles McKinney
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Abstract
A beverage drinking apparatus has a container, a spout, a straw and a cap, and allows the user a choice of drinking method. When the user turns the cap in a first direction, the straw extends from spout for the user to drink from. When the user turns the cap in a second direction, the straw is removed from the container, allowing the user to drink from the spout.
Claims6
An apparatus comprising:
- a hollow container having an opening;
- a spout having a spout interior and a spout base, the spout base being attached to the opening of the hollow container;
- a collapsible straw attached to the spout interior;
- a cap removably attached to the spout;
- wherein the collapsible straw is removably secured to the inside of the cap;
- wherein turning the cap in a first direction separates the cap from the spout and extends the collapsible straw outwards from the spout;
- and
- wherein turning the cap in a second direction separates the spout interior from the spout, thus allowing the spout interior and the collapsible straw to be removed from the container with the cap.
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An apparatus for use with a hollow container having an opening, comprising:
- a spout having a spout base attached to the opening of the hollow container;
- a straw having:
- a collapsible top section;
- a rigid lower section extending into the container;
- and
- an attachment point in between the top section and the lower section, where the attachment point is connected to an interior of the spout;
- a cap removably attached to the spout, wherein
- the collapsible top section is removably secured to an inside of the cap,
- turning the cap in a first direction separates the cap from the spout and extends the collapsible top section of the straw outwards from the spout, and turning the cap in a second direction separates the attachment point of the straw from the interior of the spout, thereby allowing the straw to be removed from the container with the cap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.