Patent ID: 7005150
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A beverage container having a main body portion and a drinking straw, the main body portion holding a beverage, the drinking straw being sealed in the main body portion with the beverage, the improvement comprising: the main body portion being configured from a front surface portion, a rear surface portion having the same shape as the front surface portion, a bottom portion, and a pair of gusset portions, the gusset portions configuring side portions of the main body portion and sealed to edge portions of the front surface portion, the rear surface portion, and the base portion, the gusset portions each having a V-shape in cross-section to provide a bent portion before the beverage is sealed in the container, deformation of the gusset portions moving the front surface portion and the rear surface portion away from each other so that the beverage can be filled into the main body portion; the front surface portion and the rear surface portion having upper portions configuring a neck portion formed in a shape more slender than a remainder of the front surface portion and the rear surface portion, the neck portion extending in a vertical direction; the straw extending in the direction from the base portion toward the neck portion, the straw having an upper portion capable of being disposed within the neck portion; a notch for starting a tear being formed on an edge portion of a seal portion in the neck portion to serve as a tear position instruction portion indicating a tear position, the front surface portion and the rear surface portion being sealed directly together without existence of the gusset portions at least at a predetermined region corresponding to the notch; and a tear direction instruction portion being provided on least one of the front surface portion, the rear surface portion, and the gusset portions, the tear direction instruction portion instructing consumers to grasp both sides of the notch and to pull in the direction and opposite the direction to make a tear, the neck portion being capable of being opened from the notch and over the upper portion of the straw, wherein the cross section of the bent portions are substantially constant along their lengths.