Patent ID: 6565899
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: A23G,B65D

Abstract:
A novelty device for use with either a threaded mouth beverage bottle or by itself as a lollipop on a stick, said device comprising:in combination, a hollow conduit drinking straw having an opening at both ends, a bottle cap and an edible hard candy in the form of a lollipop that is dissolvable in the mouth of a consumer; said straw comprising an upper first portion and a lower remaining second portion; said lollipop being molded around and affixed to the outer surface of said first portion of said straw such that said straw extends through a center of the lollipop and the opening in the straw adjacent said first portion is exposed permitting entrainment of liquid therethrough and said lower remaining second portion of said straw is exposed; said cap comprising an upper surface and an annular sleeve extending downwardly from the upper surface wherein said sleeve has internal threads that are compatible to said threads on said bottle such that said cap is capable of being threadedly closed onto said bottle; said cap further comprising a hole in the center of said cap and said cap is connected to said straw through said hole with said lollipop being supported by said cap and a lowermost portion of said lollipop being in contact with said upper surface of said cap; said cap being slidably and removably connectable onto said straw through said hole in said cap and further including a resilient gasket associated with said hole which provides a liquid tight seal around said straw; said first and second portions of said straw, said cap and said lollipop being dimensioned and oriented relative to each other such that said cap, with said sleeve in its downwardly extending position, can be screwed down onto said bottle such that said exposed second portion of said straw extends into said bottle sufficient to draw liquid from said bottle and through the straw into a consumer's mouth thus giving the consumer the flavor of both the beverage and said lollipop and such that said cap can also be removed from said straw, inverted with said sleeve facing upwardly, and then said inverted cap can be slidably connected back onto said straw a sufficient distance toward said lollipop to leave a sufficient portion of said second portion of said straw below said cap as a handle of sufficient size for the consumer to hand hold said sufficient portion to employ the combination as a lollipop on a stick with the inverted cap acting as a drip catcher for the lollipop; said straw further including a discontinuous surface to facilitate attachment of said lollipop to said straw.