Canteen for children

A can teen that incorporates in its structure a straw that in a drinking mode of the canteen serves to siphon a drinkable liquid therefrom, and in a sealing mode serves as a stopper, said canteen comprising:

• (a) a container for the liquid having a circular rim;
• (b) a circular cover removably attached to the rim of the container, said cover being provided with an off-center coupler, said coupler having one end which projects from the underside of the cover having one end which projects from the underside of the cover to form a lower nipple, said coupler having another end projecting from the top of the cover to form an upper nipple;
• (c) a long dip tube secured to the lower nipple and extending into the container;
• (d) a short, flexible mouth tube secured to the upper nipple and forming in combination with the drip tube said straw;
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• (e) a dome mounted above the cover and provided with an off-center slot, said dome being turnable with respect to said cover from a drinking mode position in which the slot is in registration with the upper nipple and the mouth tube then extends upwardly through said slot, to a sealing mode position in which the mouth tube is bent under the dome and is pinched at its bend to serve as a stopper, said cover having anchored on its top a shutter element which when the dome is in said sealing mode position then blocks the slot in the dome.