Patent ID: 7793810
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: A47G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a de-sheathing device for a covered drinking straw comprising the following steps but not necessarily in the following order: (A) providing a body having a de-sheathing device that forms a de-sheathing orifice that has an initial first orifice diameter that expands to a larger second orifice diameter when at least a portion of a covered drinking straw is inserted through the de-sheathing orifice in one direction; (B) inserting the portion of the covered drinking straw into the de-sheathing orifice in one direction; and (C) moving the covered drinking straw in a second direction; whereby a force is applied by the de-sheathing device to the covered drinking straw thereby preventing a portion of the covering of the covered drinking straw from passing back through the de-sheathing orifice.