Pre-salted beverage straw
OwnerJill Cynthia Cashinventor
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Abstract
A beverage drinking straw having a pre-salted tip/end for use with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages provides a plastic beverage drinking straw having a tip/end and a solid substance attached to the tip/end by a food grade adhesive. A method for producing the beverage straw with precoated tip/end is also provided.
Claims25
A method of producing a beverage straw having a tip/end pre-coated with salt, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a food-grade adhesive solution in a first reservoir, wherein the food-grade adhesive solution is characterized as having a surface providing a supply of margarita salt in a second reservoir;
- inverting the beverage straw so that the tip/end of the beverage straw is oriented downwardly just above the surface of the food-grade adhesive solution in the first reservoir;
- moving the beverage straw downwardly until the tip/end of the beverage straw makes uniform contact below the surface of the food-grade adhesive solution and the tip/end of the beverage straw becomes coated with the food-grade adhesive solution, moving the beverage straw upwardly away from the surface of the food-grade adhesive solution while maintaining the beverage straw in the inverted position;
- moving the beverage straw downwardly until the coated tip/end of the beverage straw makes uniform contact below the margarita salt and the margarita salt adheres to the coated tip/end of the beverage straw;
- moving the beverage straw upwardly away from the margarita salt;
- and restoring the beverage straw to a normal upright.
A method of producing a beverage straw having a tip/end pre-coated with a flavored solid substance, the method of comprising the steps of:
- providing a food-grade adhesive solution in a first reservoir, wherein the food-grade adhesive solution is characterized as having a surface:
- providing a supply of the solid substance in a second reservoir, inverting the beverage straw so that the tip/end of the beverage straw is oriented downwardly just below the surface of the food-grade adhesive solution in the first reservoir, moving the beverage straw downwardly until the tip/end of the beverage straw makes uniform contact below the surface of the food-grade adhesive solution and the tip/end of the beverage straw becomes coated with the food-grade adhesive solution, moving the beverage straw upwardly away from the surface of the food-grade adhesive solution while maintaining the beverage straw in the inverted position;
- moving the beverage straw downwardly until the coated end/tip of the beverage straw makes uniform contact with the solid substance and the solid substance adheres to the coated tip/end of the beverage straw, moving the beverage straw upwardly away from the solid substance;
- and moving the beverage straw upwardly away from the solid substance;
- and restoring the beverage straw to a normal upright position at rooms temperature until the food-grade adhesive dries.
A beverage straw having a pre-coated tip/rim for use with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, the beverage straw comprising:
- a plastic beverage straw having a tip/end;
- a solid substance;
- and means for attaching the solid substance to the tip/end of the plastic beverage straw.
A ready-to-use beverage straw comprising coarse salt;
- means for attaching the coarse salt to the tip/end of the plastic beverage straw so the coarse salt extends around the tip/end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.