Patent ID: 6427928
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A beverage bottle assembly comprising:a beverage bottle including a body having a bottom and a neck, said neck having an open top end, a cap being provided and adapted to be fitted to said top end of said neck to close the bottle; a hollow cylindrical plug member having an open top, a substantially cylindrical side wall portion and a bottom, said side wall being fitted to an inside of said neck of the bottle in a manner that said cap of the bottle is allowed to be fitted to said top of the neck after the plug member is fitted to the inside of the neck of the bottle, and said plug member including a top rim, the top rim being located at the open top end of the neck of the bottle so that the top rim is positioned between the open top end and the cap when the cap is mounted on the top end to close the bottle; and a single piece straw extending through said bottom of said plug member, said straw having a lower end positioned in a vicinity of said bottom of said body, said straw having a top end and a portion of said straw extending upwardly from said bottom of said plug member, said portion of said straw being axially collapsible so that said portion of said straw can be housed totally within said plug member by having said portion of said straw axially collapsed to allow said cap to be fitted to said neck of the body.