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US 5,067,629 AGranted
Method for dispensing drinking straws and a supply arrangement therefor
OwnerWilliam K. Schwartzinventor
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Abstract
Drinking straws are efficiently packaged, shipped, stored and dispensed by providing a plurality of flexible, hollow, cylindrical tubes, each having a convenient length and cross-section for a drinking straw; arranging the tubes substantially in parallel; and pressing the tubes to force them into a substantially flattened configuration.
Claims15
A supply arrangement for use in dispensing drinking straws, said arrangement comprising:
- (a) A plurality of substantially flattened, flexible hollow tubes, each tube having a convenient length and cross-section for a drinking straw, said tubes being arranged substantially in parallel;
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- (b) means for pressing said tubes to maintain their flattened configuration along substantially their entire length.
A method for providing drinking straws, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a plurality of flexible, hollow, cylindrical tubes, each tube having a convenient length and cross-section for a drinking straw;
- (b) arranging said tubes substantially in parallel;
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- (c) pressing said tubes to force them into a substantially flattened configuration along substantially their entire length.
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