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US 2026/0256307 A1Published application
Beverage package
AssigneeGlobal Advantage Holdings, Inc.
InventorJoe PERRAUT
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Abstract
A beverage package includes a container, a closure, and a straw. The container is formed to include a liquid-storage space and includes a floor, a sidewall, and a handle. The straw is arranged to extend into the liquid-storage space and is configured to withdraw liquid from the liquid-storage space upon application of a suction force on the straw.
Claims20
A beverage package comprising
- a container formed to include a liquid-storage space and
- a straw arranged to extend into the liquid-storage space and configured to withdraw liquid from the liquid-storage space upon application of a suction force on the straw,
- wherein the straw includes:
- (i) a straw body having a first end arranged to extend into the liquid-storage space and an opposite second end arranged outside of the liquid-storage space and (ii) a straw mouthpiece coupled to the second end of the straw body and having a first end arranged to lie between the first end and the second end of the straw body and a second end spaced apart from the second end of the straw body to provide a distal end of the straw, wherein the straw mouthpiece is configured to translate relative to the straw body from a high-firmness position, in which the second end of the straw mouthpiece is spaced a first distance from the second end of the straw body and straw mouthpiece has a first overlapping extent with the straw body to provide a first firmness when engaged by a user's lips, to a low-firmness position, in which the second end of the straw mouthpiece is spaced a second distance, greater than the first distance, from the second end of the straw body and the straw mouthpiece has a second overlapping extent with the straw body, less than the first overlapping extent, to provide a second firmness, less than the first firmness, when engaged by the user's lips.
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A straw configured to extend into a liquid-storage space of a container and used to withdraw liquid from the liquid-storage space upon application of a suction force on the straw, the straw comprising
- a straw body having a first end and an opposite second end, and
- a straw mouthpiece coupled to the second end of the straw body and having a first end arranged to lie between the first end and the second end of the straw body and a second end spaced apart from the second end of the straw body to provide a distal end of the straw,
- wherein the straw mouthpiece is configured to translate relative to the straw body from a high-firmness position, in which the second end of the straw mouthpiece is spaced a first distance from the second end of the straw body and straw mouthpiece has a first overlapping extent with the straw body to provide a first firmness when engaged by a user's lips, to a low-firmness position, in which the second end of the straw mouthpiece is spaced a second distance, greater than the first distance, from the second end of the straw body to provide a second firmness, less than the first firmness, when engaged by the user's lips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.