SAN-I-CAN (a beverage container incorporating its own straw)
US4709829A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 1986 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D77/283
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An orifice which is an integral part of or attached to the underside of a beverage container top surface allows a corrugated straw with an air chamber near its bottom to emerge when the beverage container is opened with a specially-constructed pull tab assembly, whereupon said air chamber, being firmly attached to or a formed part of said straw, seats in a narrow area of said orifice permitting extension ofthe corrugated straw enabling one to drink the beverage container's complete liquid content through said straw without contact of mouth to container.
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