Patent ID: 6375092
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A drinking apparatus comprising:a tubular member for consumption of a beverage therethrough, said tubular member having a first end and second end, said first and second ends being non-fixedly located; a weight comprised of a substantially non-soluble material and having an aperture for insertion of said tubular member therethrough; said weight being located between said first and second ends of said tubular member, said weight further being located at a distance offset from said second end of said tubular member such that when said drinking apparatus is placed in a drinking vessel containing a liquid beverage, said second end of said tubular member will be anchored by the mass of said weight, such that said second end of said tubular member will be in contact with a bottom surface of the drinking vessel; and wherein said weight is accessible and both removable and installable by a user of said drinking apparatus.