Patent ID: 7500576

Claim:
A drinking apparatus for use by a small child for sipping liquid through a cup with a mouthpiece, said apparatus comprising a plastic cup with a capacity of about 5 to about 10 ounces that holds a drinkable liquid; a threaded lid that covers the cup and screws tightly onto the top of the cup that has a mouthpiece with at least two holes at its top through which the child sips liquid and a plastic straw that extends from the bottom of the mouthpiece opening to the bottom of the plastic cup; said mouthpiece has an L-shaped groove which is externally located between the top, flat part of the lid and the mouthpiece holes which holds two separate rows of tooth cleansing members whose cleaning elements are perpendicular to each other and are in the form of two rows of bristles which are each about 4 mm by 20 mm in area which equal the approximate size of the child's deciduous front four teeth; said tooth cleansing members contact the child's upper four front teeth and surrounding gingiva when the child sips from the cup and simultaneously cleans his teeth painlessly and effortlessly while he sips liquid from the cup.