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US 4,561,557 AGranted
Beverage container with a sanitary drinking spout
OwnerSea C. Park, In P. Parkinventors
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a sanitary beverage container having an enclosed spout for drinking liquid such as beer, milk, soft drinks or vegetable juice. The spout is automatically released from the container when it is opened by pulling back the opening tab thereof. Thus, the user's lips and mouth can use the drinking spout without contacting the top or walls of the container while drinking the contents from the container, thereby avoiding contamination and bacteria frequently associated with the top and sides of the container.
Claims6
A sanitary lid-drinking spout combination forming part of a beverage container which comprises:
- a container top containing a removable panel position
- an opener attached to the outside surface of the lid at one end of the removable panel, and
- a drinking spout attached to the inside surface of the lid and extending along the surface of the removable panel, whereby when the opener is pulled to remove the panel portion from the container top, the drinking spout, which is attached to said panel portion is repositioned to extend above the surface of the lid, said opener being securely attached to the removable panel and the removable panel being, in turn, releasably attached to the drinking end of the drinking spout whereby upon the pulling of the opener, the removable panel is separated from the drinking end portion of the drinking spout to extend down along the side of the container, while remaining attached to the other end portion of the drinking spout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.