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 fastening strip for sealing the second opening.
Claims20
A container comprising:
- a container wall defining a volume;
- a first opening into said volume;
- a cap configured to seal the first opening;
- a second opening into said volume;
- an interlocking ridge and groove fastener configured to seal said second opening;
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- a straw defining a passageway into said volume, said straw further comprising an attachment to the container wall.
A container comprising:
- a container wall, wherein the container wall reversibly occupies at least a collapsed configuration defining a first volume and an expanded configuration defining a second volume, and wherein the second volume is greater than the first volume;
- a first opening located substantially at the top of said second volume when the container is in an upright position;
- a cap for reversibly sealing said first opening;
- a second opening located substantially at the top of said second volume when the container is in an upright position;
- an interlocking ridge and groove fastener for reversibly sealing said second opening;
- a straw defining a passageway into said container, said straw having an interior opening from the passageway into said container, said opening located substantially at the bottom of said second volume when the container is in an upright position, wherein at least a portion of said straw is attached to said container wall;
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- a straw sealing element for reversibly sealing said passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.