Drinking apparatus
OwnerMike A. Donatello, Scott N. Moritz +1inventors
InventorsMike A. Donatello, Scott N. Moritz, Guy L. Shuman
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Abstract
A drinking apparatus for enabling more than one person to simultaneously drink a liquid which is being held in a container. The drinking apparatus includes a plurality of tubes, the tubes being secured to a base member. Each of the tubes can be used, simultaneously, to drink the liquid, in much the same fashion as a straw is used.
Claims18
A device for simultaneously enabling more than one person or being to imbibe a fluid, the fluid being held in a container, comprising:
- a plurality of tubular members;
- a base member of a size and shape to be positioned in the container beneath the level of the liquid, the base member including a central opening and an inset portion on its underside adjacent the central opening;
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- means associated with the base member for securing the tubular members to the base member whereby fluid in the container may pass through the central opening and inset portion of the base member and thereafter through the tubular members due to suction imparted on the tubular member so as to enable imbibing of the fluid.
A device for enabling two or more persons to simultaneously drink a fluid which is being held in a container, the drinking device comprising:
- at least two tubular members;
- a vacuum ring member of a size and shape corresponding to the size and shape of the inside of the container, the vacuum ring member including a central opening therethrough and an inset portion on its underside;
- means for securing the tubular members to the vacuum ring member;
- each of the tubular members having a first end secured to the vacuum ring member;
- each of the tubular members having a second end adapted for suction to be imparted by a person when the vacuum ring member is placed in the container with fluid therein to cause the fluid to pass through the central opening and inset portion of the vacuum ring member and thereafter the tubular member;
- whereby more than one person is enabled to drink the fluid from the container simultaneously.
A container for simultaneously enabling more than one person to drink a fluid held in the container, the container comprising:
- an outer wall;
- a bottom wall secured to the outer wall to thereby define means for holding the fluid;
- a plurality of tubular member;
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- a base member secured to the bottom wall of the container for supporting said tubular members, said base member including a central opening and an inset portion on its underside in communication with a plurality of longitudinal openings circumferentially located around the base member whereby suction imparted on the tubular members by the persons causes the fluid to pass from the container through the central opening of the base member and its inset portion, and thereafter through the longitudinal openings into each of the tubular members thereby enabling more than one person to drink the fluid from the container simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.