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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Stephen W. Cornell, Naperville, IL (US);
Peter F. Murphy, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
The PopStraw Company, LLC, Roseville, MI (US);
Abstract
A container includes a body defining a chamber and a neck region. A straw is disposed within the chamber. The straw is inserted through the neck region and into the chamber prior to filling the chamber and is trapped or wedged between a first portion of the container and a second portion of the container by mechanical engagement with the container. The position of the straw within the chamber does not interfere with the filling of the container. When filling has been completed, the body of the container is manipulated to release the straw from its mechanical engagement with the container and position it within the neck region.