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US 6,585,170 B2Granted
Straw with a mouthpiece and a method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeMameita Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshitaka Katsukawa
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Abstract
A straw with a mouthpiece includes a straw main body having openings at both ends thereof and a mouthpiece integrally connected with a tip portion of the straw main body. The tip portion of the straw main body is provided with at least one engaging aperture penetrating a peripheral wall constituting the straw main body, and the mouthpiece is provided with at least one engaging protrusion inwardly protruded from an inner peripheral surface thereof. The engaging protrusion is engaged with the engaging aperture, whereby the mouthpiece is integrally connected with the straw main body so as not to be detached therefrom.
Claims23
A straw with a mouthpiece, comprising:
- a straw main body having openings at both ends thereof;
- and
- a mouthpiece integrally connected with a tip portion of said straw main body,
- wherein said tip portion of said straw main body is provided with at least one engaging aperture penetrating a peripheral wall constituting said straw main body,
- wherein said mouthpiece is provided with at least one engaging protrusion inwardly protruded from an inner peripheral surface thereof,
- wherein said engaging protrusion is engaged with said engaging aperture, whereby said mouthpiece is integrally connected with said straw main body so as not to be detached therefrom, and
- wherein said mouthpiece and said straw main body are integrally molded together as a unitary piece.
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A straw with a mouthpiece, comprising:
- a straw main body having openings at both ends thereof;
- and
- a mouthpiece integrally connected with a tip portion of said straw main body,
- wherein said tip portion of said straw main body is provided with at least one engaging aperture penetrating a peripheral wall constituting said straw main body,
- wherein said mouthpiece is provided with at least one engaging protrusion inwardly protruded from an inner peripheral surface thereof,
- wherein said engaging protrusion is engaged with said engaging aperture, whereby said mouthpiece is integrally connected with said straw main body so as not to be detached therefrom, and
- wherein said tip portion of said tip portion of said straw main body is provided with at least two engaging apertures each penetrating said peripheral wall, and wherein said mouthpiece is provided with at least two engaging protrusions each inwardly protruded from inner peripheral surface thereof.
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A straw with a mouthpiece, comprising:
- a straw main body having openings at both ends thereof;
- a mouthpiece integrally connected with a tip portion of said straw main body;
- and
- a cylindrical reinforcing member downwardly extending from a lower end of said mouthpiece so as to cover and reinforce a predetermined length of said tip portion of said straw main body,
- wherein said cylindrical reinforcing member is integrally connected with said mouthpiece, and
- wherein said cylindrical reinforcing member is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of said tip portion of said straw main body so as to cover said outer peripheral surface from outside thereof, and wherein said mouthpiece is fixed to said tip portion of said straw main body such that said mouthpiece covers an outer peripheral surface of said tip portion of said cylindrical reinforcing member and said tip portion of said straw main body.
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A straw with a mouthpiece, comprising:
- a straw main body having openings at both ends thereof;
- and
- a mouthpiece integrally connected with a tip portion of said straw main body,
- wherein said tip portion of said straw main body is provided with at least one engaging aperture penetrating a peripheral wall constituting said straw main body,
- wherein said mouthpiece is provided with at least one engaging protrusion inwardly protruded from an inner peripheral surface thereof,
- wherein said engaging protrusion is engaged with said engaging aperture, whereby said mouthpiece is integrally connected with said straw main body so as not to be detached therefrom, and
- wherein said mouthpiece includes an outside portion disposed on an outer peripheral surface of said straw main body and an inside portion disposed on an inner peripheral surface of said straw main body, and wherein said outside portion of said mouthpiece is integrally connected with said inside portion of said mouthpiece via said at least one engaging protrusion.
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A straw with a mouthpiece, comprising:
- a straw main body having openings at both ends thereof;
- a mouthpiece integrally connected with a tip portion of said straw main body;
- and
- a cylindrical reinforcing member downwardly extending from a lower end of said mouthpiece so as to cover and reinforce a predetermined length of said tip portion of said straw main body,
- wherein said cylindrical reinforcing member is integrally connected with said mouthpiece, and
- wherein said cylindrical reinforcing member has an inwardly tapered lower end portion as an insertion guide.
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A straw with a mouthpiece, comprising:
- a straw main body having openings at both ends thereof;
- and
- a mouthpiece integrally connected with a tip portion of said straw main body,
- wherein said tip portion of said straw main body is provided with at least one engaging aperture penetrating a peripheral wall constituting said straw main body,
- wherein said mouthpiece is provided with at least one engaging protrusion inwardly protruded from an inner peripheral surface thereof,
- wherein said engaging protrusion is engaged with said engaging aperture, whereby said mouthpiece is integrally connected with said straw main body so as not to be detached therefrom, and
- wherein said mouthpiece is substantially wider than said straw main body and tapers in a direction towards an opposite end of said straw main body as seen from a front thereof.
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A straw with a mouthpiece, comprising:
- a straw main body having openings at both ends thereof;
- a mouthpiece integrally connected with a tip portion of said straw main body;
- and
- a cylindrical reinforcing member downwardly extending from a lower end of said mouthpiece so as to cover and reinforce a predetermined length of said tip portion of said straw main body,
- wherein said cylindrical reinforcing member is integrally connected with said mouthpiece, and
- wherein said mouthpiece has a passage having an internal diameter smaller than an internal diameter of said straw main body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.