Patent ID: 9352901
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A47G,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A device positionable within a beverage container to facilitate consumption of a liquid therein through a drinking straw, the device comprising: a top muddling platform having a drinking straw opening and a plurality of filter openings therein, the top muddling platform being configured to support objects placed in the beverage container, the drinking straw opening being sized to allow an end of the drinking straw to pass therethrough and being sized to prohibit the objects from passing therethrough when the drinking straw is inserted through the drinking straw opening, and the plurality of filter openings being sized to prohibit the objects from passing therethrough and to allow the liquid to pass therethrough; a sidewall having a length extending downward from a perimeter of the top muddling platform and a sidewall thickness less than the length, the length of the sidewall being configured to contact an interior bottom surface of the beverage container to support the top muddling platform at a predetermined height above the interior bottom surface of the beverage container such that the drinking straw may be positioned through the drinking straw opening and a bottom open end of the drinking straw is positioned below the top muddling platform to allow a user to consume a liquid in the beverage container through the drinking straw while the objects are retained above the top muddling platform on the top muddling platform; and a support member positioned toward the center of the top muddling platform having elongated support member sidewalls with a length extending downward from the top muddling platform to a closed base portion disposed below a bottom surface of the top muddling platform, the support member having an inner cavity extending downwardly between the support member sidewalls from an open upper end in the center of the top muddling platform and terminating below the bottom surface of the top muddling platform, the support member being configured to contact the interior bottom surface of the beverage container to support the top muddling platform when a downward force is exerted on the top muddling platform.