US3425626A - Drinking straw - Google Patents

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US3425626A
US3425626A US687755A US3425626DA US3425626A US 3425626 A US3425626 A US 3425626A US 687755 A US687755 A US 687755A US 3425626D A US3425626D A US 3425626DA US 3425626 A US3425626 A US 3425626A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
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    • A47G21/18—Drinking straws or the like
    • A47G21/182—Drinking straws or the like with means for amusing or giving information to the user

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  • a tube for drinking liquids from a container has straight end portions which extend from a mid portion of the drinking straw.
  • the mid portion comprises a plurality of tortuous bends, at least the majority of which encompass portions of one of the straight end portions of the straw.
  • the straight end portions of the straw define an angle which is greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees so that either end of the straw may be placed in a container and so that, in either case, the person using the straw may observe the liquid flowing through the tortuous midpoint thereof.
  • the straw is transparent and is constructed from a stily flexible, non-toxic plastic which maintains its non-toxicity even when employed with heated liquids.
  • Prior art drinking straws have been provided which have convoluted and overlapping portions between the ends of the straw to provide a novelty item which will permit the user to observe liquid flowing through the convoluted portions of the straw.
  • Such drinking straws have not been widely accepted because such straws were fabricated from unsafe materials, such as glass or non- Food and Drug Administration-approved plastics, or because the convolutions were formed in an uninteresting manner.
  • a drinking straw which has a substantially centrally disposed mid portion, wherein a major portion of the length of the straw follows a tortuous path, and wherein the user of such a straw may observe a rapid initial flow of liquid through a straight portion of the straw which is immersed in the liquid and then an unusually long flow of fluid through the tortuous mid portion prior to later flow through a straight drinking portion of the straw.
  • This effect is accomplished by providing a transparent plastic straw having a substantially straight portion, one end of which is to be immersed in the liquid, a mid portion which follows a tortuous path from the other end of the straight portion downwardly in a tortuous pathtoward the glass and then upwardly as a second substantially straight portion to the users mouth.
  • the rst and second straight portions of the straw are substantially coplanar [but are angularly related to define an angle which is between ⁇ 90 degrees and 180 degrees.
  • the straw according to this invention is preferably fabricated from a non-toxic Food and Drug Administrationapproved, stily flexible plastic which is non-shatterable.
  • the first and second straight portions of the straw have substantially the same lengths so that the user may immerse either end in the liquid.
  • FIGURE 1 is a side elevational view of a straw according to this invention, showing one end of the straw immersed in a liquid.
  • FIGURE 2 is a side elevation of the straw illustrated in FIGURE l but showing the straw viewed from the opposite side.
  • the drinking straw 10 includes a substantially straight first portion 11, a substantially straight second portion 12, and a mid portion 13, wherein the straw follows a tortuous path.
  • the substantially straight first portion 11 extends upwardly to a peak 14 and then downwardly and is wrapped a multiplicity of times around the portion 11 so that at least a major portion of the convolutions surround an upper portion of the straight portion 11, and so that at least some of the convolutions surround other convolutions.
  • the straw then forms the substantially straight second portion 12 which is substantially coplanar with the first straight portion 11 and is angularly related thereto at an angle between and 180 degrees, and preferably 45 degrees as shown.
  • the fluid rises rapidly in that portion to the peak 14. This is observed by the user and, since the portions 11 and 12 are substantially coplanar, it appears to the user that liquid ow will then continue through the portion 12. However, the ow continues through the tortuous mid portion 13 and eventually reaches the portion 12. Since the tortuous portion of the straw comprises a majority of the total length of the tubing, but appears to be relatively small when visually compared to the portions 11 and 12, the user has the impression that fluid will reach his mouth well prior to the time that such fluid actually reaches the users mouth. The foregoing effect is enhanced lby the substantially coplanar relationship between the portions 11 and 12, which misleads the user into believing that the portion 12 is in direct communication with the portion 11.
  • the portion 12 may be immersed in fluid and the portion 11 may then become the drinking tube portion.
  • the straw according to this invention is preferably fabricated from a length of non-toxic, stiflly flexible, transparent plastic which is approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
  • a suitable plastic for the straw may be a suitably plasticized cellulose acetate.
  • a straw according to this invention has -been fabricated from a threefoot length of such material by immersing the tubing in boiling water until the plastic is heat softened. The tubing was then bent downwardly at a point spaced about six inches from one end and a majority of the length of the tubing (about 26 inches) was bent in a tortuous path so that a majority of the tortuously bent tubing surrounded a portion of the straight six-inch length. The remainder of the tubing provided a straight four-inch mouth portion which was oriented so that it was coplanar with the sixinch portion and defined an angle of 45 degrees with the six-inch portion. The straw was then permitted to harden at room temperature.
  • a drinking straw comprising a hollow transparent tube, said straw having first and second substantially straight and substantially coplanar end portions of substantially equal length and a mid portion wherein the tube follows a. tortuous path, at least a major portion of said tortuous path being in surrounding relationship with one of said straight portions.
  • a drinking straw according to claim 1 wherein all portions of said tortuous path are in surrounding relationship with said one of said straight portions.

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US4191302A (en) * 1977-11-10 1980-03-04 Fiducia Christopher S Child's drinking container
US4276715A (en) * 1980-02-25 1981-07-07 Rogers Robert D Puppet
US4976364A (en) * 1990-01-30 1990-12-11 Solomon Stanley B Cap and straw assembly for a water bottle
US5029719A (en) * 1989-07-11 1991-07-09 Solomon Stanley B Bottle and cap assembly
USD322004S (en) 1989-05-01 1991-12-03 Whitright Curt E Straw
USD329958S (en) 1991-06-28 1992-10-06 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
USD329959S (en) 1991-06-28 1992-10-06 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
USD330141S (en) 1991-04-17 1992-10-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
USD330143S (en) 1991-06-28 1992-10-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
USD330142S (en) 1991-06-28 1992-10-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
US5184774A (en) * 1991-05-13 1993-02-09 Eric Lipson Drinking straw assembly kit
USD333940S (en) 1991-06-28 1993-03-16 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
US5427315A (en) * 1994-04-25 1995-06-27 Lipson; Erik Drinking straw with insert
USD361688S (en) 1994-05-09 1995-08-29 Fun-Time International, Inc. Straw
USD362580S (en) 1994-05-09 1995-09-26 Fun-Time International Inc. Straw
USD459138S1 (en) 2000-11-02 2002-06-25 Erik Lipson Bunny straw
USD468967S1 (en) 2002-05-13 2003-01-21 Fun-Time International, Inc. Flowerpot shaped drink container with straw
USD469306S1 (en) 2002-05-13 2003-01-28 Fun-Time International, Inc. Flowerpot shaped drink container with straw
USD480591S1 (en) 2002-11-14 2003-10-14 Fun-Time International, Inc. Palm tree straw
USD490638S1 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-06-01 Anna Shealy Gray Paw shaped drinking straw
US20060076252A1 (en) * 2004-10-12 2006-04-13 Magiccom Drinking straw kits and methods
US7637439B1 (en) * 2006-06-21 2009-12-29 Maurice Highsmith Safety drinking straw
USD637444S1 (en) * 2010-07-29 2011-05-10 Erik Lipson Basketball hoop straw
USD637443S1 (en) * 2010-07-29 2011-05-10 Erik Lipson Helmet straw
USD714587S1 (en) * 2013-07-08 2014-10-07 Erik Lipson Gift box shaped cup and straw
CN104223905A (zh) * 2013-06-15 2014-12-24 北京中钜铖国际商贸有限公司 造型物双人心形吸管

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US1916646A (en) * 1931-11-09 1933-07-04 Tycko Sonia Combination fluid sipping and float device
US2063803A (en) * 1935-05-14 1936-12-08 Arthur P Gildersleeve Drinking tube
US2370931A (en) * 1944-03-09 1945-03-06 Samuel R Bogin Combined drink cooler and sipper
US2557411A (en) * 1947-03-12 1951-06-19 Alfred G Butsch Child's drinking tube
US2619770A (en) * 1950-02-01 1952-12-02 Dinhofer Milton Toy drinking tube

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US1916646A (en) * 1931-11-09 1933-07-04 Tycko Sonia Combination fluid sipping and float device
US2063803A (en) * 1935-05-14 1936-12-08 Arthur P Gildersleeve Drinking tube
US2370931A (en) * 1944-03-09 1945-03-06 Samuel R Bogin Combined drink cooler and sipper
US2557411A (en) * 1947-03-12 1951-06-19 Alfred G Butsch Child's drinking tube
US2619770A (en) * 1950-02-01 1952-12-02 Dinhofer Milton Toy drinking tube

Cited By (26)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4191302A (en) * 1977-11-10 1980-03-04 Fiducia Christopher S Child's drinking container
US4276715A (en) * 1980-02-25 1981-07-07 Rogers Robert D Puppet
USD322004S (en) 1989-05-01 1991-12-03 Whitright Curt E Straw
US5029719A (en) * 1989-07-11 1991-07-09 Solomon Stanley B Bottle and cap assembly
US4976364A (en) * 1990-01-30 1990-12-11 Solomon Stanley B Cap and straw assembly for a water bottle
USD330141S (en) 1991-04-17 1992-10-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
US5184774A (en) * 1991-05-13 1993-02-09 Eric Lipson Drinking straw assembly kit
USD329958S (en) 1991-06-28 1992-10-06 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
USD329959S (en) 1991-06-28 1992-10-06 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
USD330143S (en) 1991-06-28 1992-10-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
USD330142S (en) 1991-06-28 1992-10-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
USD333940S (en) 1991-06-28 1993-03-16 The Procter & Gamble Company Drinking straw
US5427315A (en) * 1994-04-25 1995-06-27 Lipson; Erik Drinking straw with insert
USD361688S (en) 1994-05-09 1995-08-29 Fun-Time International, Inc. Straw
USD362580S (en) 1994-05-09 1995-09-26 Fun-Time International Inc. Straw
USD459138S1 (en) 2000-11-02 2002-06-25 Erik Lipson Bunny straw
USD468967S1 (en) 2002-05-13 2003-01-21 Fun-Time International, Inc. Flowerpot shaped drink container with straw
USD469306S1 (en) 2002-05-13 2003-01-28 Fun-Time International, Inc. Flowerpot shaped drink container with straw
USD480591S1 (en) 2002-11-14 2003-10-14 Fun-Time International, Inc. Palm tree straw
USD490638S1 (en) 2003-08-27 2004-06-01 Anna Shealy Gray Paw shaped drinking straw
US20060076252A1 (en) * 2004-10-12 2006-04-13 Magiccom Drinking straw kits and methods
US7637439B1 (en) * 2006-06-21 2009-12-29 Maurice Highsmith Safety drinking straw
USD637444S1 (en) * 2010-07-29 2011-05-10 Erik Lipson Basketball hoop straw
USD637443S1 (en) * 2010-07-29 2011-05-10 Erik Lipson Helmet straw
CN104223905A (zh) * 2013-06-15 2014-12-24 北京中钜铖国际商贸有限公司 造型物双人心形吸管
USD714587S1 (en) * 2013-07-08 2014-10-07 Erik Lipson Gift box shaped cup and straw

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