Patent ID: 8910883
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A cap for a drinking channel of a drinking straw for drinking a liquid contained in a recipient placed in an air atmosphere, said cap being adapted to be removably mounted with respect to an upper end of the drinking channel of the drinking straw, said cap comprising: a container provided with at least one wall defining a chamber adapted for receiving an article, and with an element to be torn at least partly from one of said at least one wall defining the chamber, said element when being torn being adapted to allow access to the article present within the chamber; a body having one end attached to the container or a part thereof and another end provided with a portion having an outer shape adapted to enter at least partly within the drinking channel through said upper end of the straw, said body comprising at least one flexible element adapted to exert a pressure on a wall of the drinking straw when said portion of the body extends at least partly within the drinking channel, whereby the body is selected form the group consisting of (a) a body having a shape adapted to form with the drinking channel at least one air passage between the drinking channel and the air atmosphere when said portion extends at least partly within the drinking channel, (b) a body comprising means for defining at least one air passage between the drinking channel and the air atmosphere when said portion extends at least partly within the drinking channel, and (c) a body having a shape adapted to form with the drinking channel at least one first air passage between the drinking channel and the air atmosphere when said portion extends at least partly within the drinking channel, said body further comprising means for defining at least one second air passage between the drinking channel and the air atmosphere when said portion extends at least partly within the drinking channel, in which, before the tearing of the element to be torn, the container comprises a first container portion part and a second container portion part attached to the first container portion part, and in which the element to be torn is a band of the container wall extending between the first container portion part and the second container portion part, whereby said band is adapted when torn from the container wall for allowing at least a relative motion between the first container portion part and the second container portion part.