Pop-up straw for beverage cans
OwnerGeorge W. Cooper, Gloria A. Clarkinventors
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Abstract
A beverage can and a pop-up straw installed therein, together with a beverage; the straw, at one end, resting on the can bottom wall, and, at its other end, bearing against an underside of a tab on the can top wall.
Claims4
A pop-up straw and beverage can assembly, comprising, in combination, a beverage can containing a beverage, and a pop-up straw installed inside said can, said can including a removable tab on its top wall, and said straw including a plurality of accordian pleats for compressing said straw in said can under said tab, said pleats including flotation means, and a lower end portion of said straw resting upon the bottom wall of said can.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.