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US 2021/0378430 A1Published application
Method and apparatus to create a decorative drinking straw that is thermally insulated
OwnerJerrold Scott Pine, Brandon T. Michaels +1inventors
InventorsJerrold Scott Pine, Brandon T. Michaels, Kyriakos Antonis Tomadakis
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Abstract
This present invention pertains to a method and apparatus to create a decorative drinking straw that is thermally insulated. Its tube in tube construction protects the decorative content from leaching pigment and chemicals into a beverage. The tube in tube construction also prevents fading, peeling, scratching, and abrasive damage to the decorative content.
Claims22
A reusable drinking straw comprising:
- an inner tube encased within a larger diameter transparent, outer tube;
- said inner tube and said outer tube substantially equal in overall length having both ends aligned;
- said inner tube concentric to said outer tube;
- said inner tube and said outer tube separated by an air gap which is hermetically sealed at each end;
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- decorative elements on the outer surface of the inner tube creating a pleasing aesthetic for said reusable drinking straw.
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A method to produce a reusable drinking straw comprising:
- Decorating the outer surface of an inner tube;
- Placing said inner tube concentrically within a larger diameter outer tube of substantially equal length having both ends aligned with tubes separated by an air gap;
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- hermetically fusing and sealing each end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.