Sippy straw cup
AssigneeEvenflo Company, Inc.
InventorJonathan W. Conaway
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Abstract
A closure for a container adapted to house a beverage therein, the closure comprising: (a) a cap having a mating feature adapted to interface with a corresponding feature of a container to secure the cap thereto, the cap also including an orifice therethrough and a channel therewithin, the channel being adapted to receive a sliding member therein; and (b) a flexible conduit adapted to be in fluid communication with a beverage within the container, wherein the sliding member is operative to position the flexible conduit between an open position and a closed position, where the open position enables fluid communication between a drinking end and an interior of the container.
Claims20
A closure for a container adapted to house a beverage therein, the closure comprising:
- a cap having a mating feature for interfacing with a corresponding feature of a container to secure the cap thereto, the cap also including an orifice therethrough and a channel therewithin, the channel receiving a sliding member therein;
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- a flexible conduit for establishing fluid communication with a beverage within the container, wherein the sliding member is operative to position the flexible conduit between an open position and a closed position, where the open position enables fluid communication between a drinking end and an interior of the container, and where at least a portion of the flexible conduit is located within the channel in the closed position;
- wherein a first portion of the channel is uncovered when the flexible conduit is in the closed position and a second portion of the channel is occupied by the sliding member when the flexible conduit is in the closed position;
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- wherein the first portion of the channel is occupied by the sliding member when the flexible conduit is in the open position and the second portion of the channel is uncovered when the flexible conduit is in the open position.
A container comprising:
- a cup adapted to hold a beverage therein, the cup having a lenticular image associated therewith;
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- a cap having a mating feature adapted to interface with a corresponding feature of the cup to secure the cap thereto, the cap also including an orifice therethrough coupled to a flexible conduit adapted to be in fluid communication with the beverage within the cup, wherein at least one of a pivoting member and a sliding member coupled to the cap is operative to position the flexible conduit between an open position and a closed position, where the open position enables fluid communication between a drinking end of the flexible conduit and an interior of the cup, and where the cap includes a channel therein and at least a portion of the flexible conduit is located within the channel in the closed position;
- wherein a first portion of the channel is uncovered when the flexible conduit is in the closed position and a second portion of the channel is occupied by at least one of the pivoting member and the sliding member when the flexible conduit is in the closed position;
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- wherein the first portion of the channel is occupied by at least one of the pivoting member and the sliding member when the flexible conduit is in the open position and the second portion of the channel is uncovered when the flexible conduit is in the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.