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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1980
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Pearson, Tyrone, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
229 / ; 215229 ; 215 / ;
Abstract
A drinking straw formed with a flexible corrugated intermediate section is fixed to a flat flexible tab adjacent the intermediate section, which tab may be bonded between the sealing flaps of a paper container with the straw held inside the container. Alternatively, the tab may be fixed between a seal disc and a closure cap of a bottle or can so that the straw may be suspended, in folded array inside of the bottle or can prior to use.