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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:
Jul. 28, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
James P Howes, Wilton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206232 ; 206216 ; 2064595 ; 206831 ; 239 33 ;
Abstract
By employing the present invention, a delivery system comprising drinking straws as a holder or instrument for secretly retaining a prize award is realized. The drinking straws of the present invention are randomly intermixed with conventional non-prize bearing drinking straws, thereby being incapable of detection prior to opening the cover or holder associated therewith. In this way, prize awards such as cash and/or miniature models of prizes being won are secretly hidden and randomly distributed to lucky customers who instantly win the prize award.