Weight for drinking apparatus
View Patent ↗A weight for insertion upon a drinking straw which is provided to anchor the drinking straw against the buoyant effects of escaping diffused gases in carbonated drinks.
1. A weight in combination with a tubular member for anchoring one end of said tubular member at a desired location in a beverage container containing a liquid beverage, said combination comprising:
a weight body having a passage for insertion of said tubular member therethrough, said passage extending through a length of said weight body and including a first and a second aperture;
wherein a first portion of said passage has a circumference having a non-circular constriction therein for frictionally gripping a portion of said tubular member.
2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said first portion of said passage having said non-circular constriction has a diameter, measured in at least one direction, which is less than a diameter of the tubular member which is to be inserted.
3. The combination according to claim 1 wherein an area of said weight body proximal said first aperture is beveled inwardly towards said first aperture.
4. The combination according to claim 3 wherein an area of said weight body proximal said second aperture is beveled inwardly towards said second aperture.
5. The combination according to claim 3 wherein said passage has a second portion in which said circumference is substantially symmetrical.
6. The combination according to claim 3 wherein said non-circular constriction is substantially oval in shape.
7. The combination according to claim 3 wherein at least a portion of said passage is lined with a friction increasing material.
8. The combination according to claim 3 wherein said first portion of said passage having said non-circular constriction has a diameter, measured in at least one direction, which is less than 1 / 4 inch.