Drinking straw with flavoring bag
OwnerDavid W. Sansoinventor
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Abstract
A drinking straw assembly includes a flavoring bag fabricated of water permeable material and containing a water flavoring substance attached to an exterior surface of a drinking straw proximate to its emersion end. An alternative embodiment includes a drinking straw having a means for attaching a flavoring sack, such as a tea bag, to an exterior surface of the straw proximate to its emersion end. Another embodiment includes a flavoring bag for use with a drinking straw which includes a bag body formed of water permeable material and containing a fluid flavoring substance. The flavoring bag includes means for attaching the bag body to an exterior surface of an emersion end portion of the straw.
Claims23
A drinking straw comprising:
- a fluid conduit having an interior wall defining an interior fluid conducting passage and extending from a sipping end to an immersion end such that, when said immersion end is immersed in a fluid, the fluid may be drawn through the passage from said immersion end to said sipping end by applying sufficient suction at said sipping end;
- and,
- a fluid flavoring bag body including a fluid permeable material and containing a fluid flavoring substance for flavoring a fluid, said flavoring bag body attached to an exterior surface of a conduit emersion end portion adjacent said immersion end.
A drinking straw comprising:
- a fluid conduit having an interior wall defining an interior fluid conducting passage and extending from a sipping end to an immersion end such that, when said immersion end is immersed min a fluid, the fluid may be drawn through the passage from said immersion end to said sipping end by applying sufficient suction at said sipping end;
- and,
- attachment means for attaching a fluid flavoring element for flavoring a fluid to an exterior surface of an emersion end portion of said conduit adjacent to said immersion end.
A flavoring bag for flavoring a liquid to be consumed by use of a drinking straw, the straw having a fluid conduit with an interior wall defining an internal fluid conducting passage and extending from a sipping end to an immersion end to be immersed in the liquid to be consumed through the straw and having an emersion end portion adjacent the emersion end, the flavoring bag comprising:
- a bag body formed of material including material permeable to the liquid to be consumed;
- a flavoring substance contained within said bag body;
- and,
- attachment means for attaching the flavoring bag body to an exterior surface of the emersion end portion of the straw.
A flavoring bag attachment device for attaching a flavoring bag to a drinking straw, the straw having a fluid conduit with an interior wall defining an internal fluid conducting passage and extending from a sipping end to an immersion end to be immersed in a liquid to be consumed through the straw and having an emersion end portion adjacent the emersion end, the flavoring bag attachment device comprising:
- drinking straw attachment means for attaching the flavoring bag attachment device to a drinking straw;
- and,
- flavoring bag attachment means for attaching the flavoring bag attachment device to a flavoring bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.