Patent ID: 6036048
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A beverage container with self-contained straw, comprising:a container body including a bottom and a top having a drink opening therein;a tubular guide member extending upward from said bottom of said container body in vertical alignment with said drink opening; anda buoyant drinking straw positioned within and extending upward from said tubular guide member;said drinking straw having an inner tubular wall and an outer tubular wall, said outer tubular wall surrounding said inner tubular wall and being positioned in spaced relationship to said inner tubular wall, said inner tubular wall and said outer tubular wall cooperatively joined to form an air pocket therebetween whereby said buoyant drinking straw has a density less than that of a liquid contained within said container body whereby said buoyant drinking straw is self-extendable through said drink opening when said drink opening is opened.