IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,653,255
Granted Patent B1
US 10,653,255 · App. 14/963,513 · Granted May 19, 2020

Container cap with integrated straw

Inventor: Nicholas M. Trawinski (Winter Garden, FL)
A47G19/2222A47G19/2272A47G21/18B65D25/48B65D41/04B65D41/08B65D47/06B65D50/064
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Patent No.
US 10,653,255
App. No.
14/963,513
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A container cap with integrated straw includes a cap body which carries a drinking straw and is attachable to a beverage container. The container cap engages a neck of the beverage container in a watertight seal to prevent spillage of the beverage from the beverage container during use. A cap retainer can embrace the container cap for enhancing the watertight fitting of the container cap against the neck of the beverage container. The drinking straw can include a distal closed end that opens in the event of user aspiration on the straw. The distal closed end can be provided on the straw or on a disconnectable straw extension.

Claims (37)

1. A container with integrated straw, comprising:

a drinking straw, arranged along a longitudinal direction and comprising a straw intake end and a straw outlet end;

a container cap including a cap body extending radially outward from the drinking straw, a neck gripping member extending from the cap body, a cap flange extending from the cap body concentric with the neck gripping member, a neck space delimited by the neck gripping member and the cap flange, and at least one radially protruding rib; and

a cap receiver, rotatably attachable to the container cap, the cap receiver comprising an opening configured to allow the container cap to pass through, the cap receiver further comprising at least one radial notch, wherein each notch of the at least one radial notch is sized to allow a corresponding radially protruding rib of the at least one radially protruding rib to longitudinally pass through said each notch; wherein

the container with integrated straw is configured to adopt:

a non-sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a first position relative to the container cap such that the neck space presents a first size and the at least one radially protruding rib is arranged in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch;

a sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a second position relative to the container cap which is different from the first position and is such that the cap receiver presses against and deforms the container cap, the neck space presents a second size smaller than the first size, and the at least one radially protruding rib is not in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch, and further in which a protrusion of the cap receiver contacts the at least one protruding rib preventing further rotation of the cap receiver away from the non-sealing position.

2. The container with integrated straw of claim 1 , wherein the neck gripping member and the cap flange extend from the cap body towards the straw intake end.

3. The container with integrated straw of claim 1 , wherein the drinking straw is integrally formed with the container cap.

4. The container with integrated straw of claim 1 , wherein the drinking straw and the container cap are separate parts, and the drinking straw is insertable through the container cap.

5. The container with integrated straw of claim 1 , wherein an inner wall of the container cap is threaded.

6. The container with integrated straw of claim 5 , wherein said inner wall of the container cap comprises an inner wall of the cap flange.

7. The container with integrated straw of claim 1 , wherein the cap receiver comprises at least one protruding arm, and further wherein the cap flange is terminated in at least one resilient cap lip, wherein in the sealing position the cap receiver is rotatably arranged such that the at least one arm pushes the at least one resilient cap lip towards the neck gripping member.

8. The container with integrated straw of claim 7 , wherein the at least one resilient cap lip comprises a plurality of resilient cap lips arranged in a spaced-apart configuration, and further wherein, in the non-sealing position, each protruding arm of the at least one protruding arm is arranged within a gap defined between each pair of adjacent resilient cap lips.

9. The container with integrated straw of claim 8 , wherein the container cap comprises a thread extending along an inner wall of the cap flange and an inner wall of the at least one resilient cap lip.

10. The container with integrated straw of claim 7 , wherein, in the non-sealing position, the at least one resilient cap lip is not deformed.

11. The container with integrated straw of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion of the cap receiver extends longitudinally from the cap body towards the straw outlet end.

12. The container with integrated straw of claim 1 , wherein the cap receiver further comprises a plurality of radial lobes.

13. The container with integrated straw of claim 1 , wherein the container cap further includes a stop extending radially outward from the cap flange, the stop configured to allow the passing thereover of the cap receiver towards the straw intake end, thereby allowing to fit the cap receiver over the container cap to place the container with integrated straw in the non-sealing position, and the stop further configured to restrict the passing thereover of the cap receiver towards the straw outlet end, thereby preventing removal of the cap receiver from the container cap when the container with integrated straw is arranged in the non-sealing position.

14. The container with integrated straw of claim 1 , further comprising a straw extension disconnectably attachable to the drinking straw.

15. A container with integrated straw, comprising:

a drinking straw, arranged along a longitudinal direction and comprising a straw intake end and a straw outlet end;

a container cap including a cap body extending radially outward from the drinking straw, a neck gripping member extending from the cap body towards the straw intake end, a cap flange extending from the cap body towards the straw intake end and concentric with the neck gripping member, a neck space delimited by the neck gripping member and the cap flange, and at least one radially protruding rib, wherein an inner wall of the cap flange is threaded; and

a cap receiver, rotatably attachable to the container cap, the cap receiver comprising an opening configured to allow the container cap to pass through, the cap receiver further comprising at least one radial notch, wherein each notch of the at least one radial notch is sized to allow a corresponding radially protruding rib of the at least one radially protruding rib to longitudinally pass through said each notch; wherein

the container with integrated straw is configured to adopt:

a non-sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a first position relative to the container cap such that the neck space presents a first size and the at least one radially protruding rib is in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch;

a sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a second position relative to the container cap which is different than the first position and is such that the cap receiver presses against and deforms the container cap, the neck space presents a second size smaller than the first size, and the at least one radially protruding rib is not in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch, and further in which a protrusion of the cap receiver contacts the at least one protruding rib preventing further rotation of the cap receiver away from the non-sealing position.

16. A container with integrated straw, comprising:

a drinking straw, arranged along a longitudinal direction and comprising a straw intake end and a straw outlet end;

a container cap including a cap body extending radially outward from the drinking straw, a neck gripping member extending from the cap body towards the straw intake end, a cap flange extending from the cap body towards the straw intake end and concentric with the neck gripping member, a neck space delimited by the neck gripping member and the cap flange, and at least one radially protruding rib, wherein an inner wall of the cap flange is threaded and the cap flange is terminated in at least one resilient cap lip; and

a cap receiver, rotatably attachable to the container cap, the cap receiver comprising an opening configured to allow the container cap to pass through, and at least one protruding arm extending towards the straw intake end, the cap receiver further comprising at least one radial notch, wherein each radial notch of the at least one radial notch is sized to allow a corresponding radially protruding rib of the at least one radially protruding rib to longitudinally pass through said each notch; wherein

the container with integrated straw is configured to adopt:

a non-sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a first position relative to the container cap such that the neck space presents a first size and the at least one radially protruding rib is in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch;

a sealing position, in which the cap receiver is rotatably arranged in a second position relative to the container cap which is different than the first position and is such that the at least one arm pushes the at least one resilient cap lip towards the neck gripping member, neck space presents a second size smaller than the first size, and the at least one radially protruding rib is not in longitudinal registration with the at least one radial notch, and further in which a protrusion of the cap receiver contacts the at least one protruding rib preventing further rotation of the cap receiver away from the non-sealing position.

17. The container with integrated straw of claim 16 , wherein the at least one resilient cap lip comprises a plurality of resilient cap lips arranged in a spaced-apart configuration, and further wherein, in the non-sealing position, each protruding arm of the at least one protruding arm is arranged within a gap defined between each pair of adjacent resilient cap lips.

18. The container with integrated straw of claim 17 , wherein the container cap comprises a thread extending along both the inner wall of the cap flange and an inner wall of the at least one resilient cap lip.

19. The container with integrated straw of claim 16 , wherein, in the non-sealing position, the at least one resilient cap lip is not deformed.

Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 62090637 · Dec 11, 2014
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