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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Kashichi Hirota, Hachioji, JP;
Junji Fukuda, Hachioji, JP;
Kyowa Electric and Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A combination of beverage can cap and straw, including a beverage can cap including a top plate portion and a peripheral rim portion which is to be fitted into a can edge of a beverage can. The beverage can cap being formed with a straw-inserting aperture at a position corresponding to a drinking aperture which is to be opened in a top cover of the beverage can. The beverage can cap being formed with a straw retaining portion on the outer surface of the peripheral rim portion as rising outward in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the top plate portion. The straw retaining portion having a fitting slot capable of retaining a straw fitted thereinto. A straw having a diameter capable of being fitted into the fitting slot formed in the straw-retaining portion. The straw being formed with a bendable accordion-like portion.