Patent · US Expired

Bifrustoconical beverage container, lid, multi-secitonal straw, and fastening devices

US4928876A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 11, 1989
Grant dateMay 29, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S224/926
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A beverage container having a bottom that has been deformed such that it has a fingerlike projection that extends upward over halfway into the center of the container, where the container also has a multi-sectional drinking straw that fits over and is held upright by the projection and a closing lid that snaps on the rim. The beverage container is substantially bifrustoconical in shape, and it can be secured to a tray or drink holder equipped with a vertical element that inserts into the hollow deformation in the bottom.

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