Patent · US Expired

Container with built in straw

US4194674A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 11, 1978
Grant dateMar 25, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 11, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D77/283
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drinking straw formed with a flexible corrugated intermediate section is fixed to a flat flexible tab adjacent the intermediate section, which tab may be bonded between the sealing flaps of a paper container with the straw held inside the container. Alternatively, the tab may be fixed between a seal disc and a closure cap of a bottle or can so that the straw may be suspended, in folded array inside of the bottle or can prior to use.

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