Patent ID: 9307851
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A47G,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A beverage container drinking straw and closure assembly, comprising: a hollow beverage drinking straw defined by an upper edge, a lower edge, an interior surface and an exterior surface, the exterior surface defining a straw exterior diameter; a sleeve defined by an upper edge, a lower edge, an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface defining a sleeve inner diameter; a rotary closure member having a hub extending outward from a rotary closure member central hub aperture, the hub having an upper surface, a lower surface and terminating at a hub peripheral edge, a plurality of hub radial closure leaves extending outward from said rotary closure member, each radial closure leaf terminating at an engagement flange, the respective closure leaf engagement flanges extending outward beyond said hub peripheral edge; and a drinking straw support member having a central hub portion extending outwardly from a drinking straw support member central hub portion aperture, and a plurality of spaced-apart integral radial support portions extending outwardly from said hub portion and terminating at respective radial support portion engagement flanges.