Audio straw and cup lid
OwnerLawrence E. Hooverinventor
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Abstract
A beverage container lid made of relatively thin, flexible and sound resounding material, provided with cross-slits at its center with a sound reading member in the form of a sharp projection engageable with an in-depth recording soundtrack linearly embossed on the peripheral surface of a coacting drinking straw. By pushing the drinking straw through the cross-slits in the lid, the sharp projection engages the linear soundtrack on the straw thus causing the lid to vibrate and emit a sound corresponding to that recorded on the straw soundtrack.
Claims4
The combination of a cup lid having a pair of cross-slits for allowing passage therethrough of a drinking straw, said cup lid being made of substantially thin resilient material, said drinking straw having at least one longitudinal linear soundtrack embossed on its surface, said soundtrack consisting of a series of embossed crests and valleys according to a specific audio modulation, said cross-slits on said lid forming a plurality of substantially triangular flaps having adjoining tips, one of said flaps having a stylus-like projection having a sharp apex formed at the tip of said one of said flaps for engagement with said soundtrack when said drinking straw is pushed through said cross-slits causing said one of said flaps having said stylus-like projection to bend and thereby engage the apex of said stylus-like projection with said soundtrack, whereby said lid is set in vibration for emitting a sound corresponding to said soundtrack on said drinking straw, wherein said drinking straw has a plurality of longitudinal linear soundtracks and means at the tip of the flaps other than said one of said flaps provided with said stylus-like projection preventing engagement of the tip of said other flaps with said soundtracks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.