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US 2019/0290039 A1Published application
Drinking straw and method for manufacturing a drinking straw
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorAngelo Sorbara
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Abstract
A drinking straw comprises a tubular body (21) intended to define a passage for a liquid product and a tip portion (22) intended to pierce a pierceable portion of a container to allow consumption of the liquid product, wherein said tip portion (22) is bounded by two stiffness promoting elements (25) obtained by bending and permanently deforming said tubular body.
Claims17
1-16. (canceled)
A drinking straw for use with a liquid product in a container, the drinking straw comprising:
- a tubular body configured to define a passage for the liquid product;
- and
- a tip portion configured to pierce a pierceable portion of the container to allow consumption of the liquid product;
- and
- the two stiffness promoting elements, bounding the tip portion, obtained by bending and permanently deforming the tubular body.
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A method for manufacturing a drinking straw for use with a liquid product in a container, the method comprising:
- providing a tubular body configured to define a passage for the liquid product;
- providing a tip portion on the tubular body, wherein the tip portion is configured to pierce a pierceable portion of the container to allow consumption of the liquid product;
- and
- bending and permanently deforming the tubular body to form two stiffness promoting elements that bound the tip portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.