Patent ID: 8459484

Claim:
A system for aiding a user in drinking from a container, comprising: a cylindrical container for holding a liquid drink, the container comprising: a circular-shaped top planar element, and a circular-shaped bottom planar element; a straw comprising: a first portion having a spiral portion acting as a spring and compressed within said container, and a second portion having: a top end, an elongated linear portion, and an accordion straw bending mechanism provided proximal to a bottom end of said second portion; a circular collar located on a bottom-facing side of said top planar element of said container, wherein said top end of said second portion of said straw extends into said collar; a circular removable portion of said top planar element of said container, wherein said removable portion is located directly above said collar; a lever located on an upwards-facing side of said top planar element of said container and coupled with said removable portion, wherein said lever comprises: a rectangular shaped planar element having a top side and a bottom side, wherein said rectangular shaped planar element is hinged on a first end to said upwards-facing side of said top planar element of said container, and wherein said bottom side of said rectangular shaped planar element is coupled with an upwards-facing side of said removable portion; and, wherein when an upward force acts upon the lever, said rectangular shaped planar element pivots about said hinged end and removes said removable portion from said top planar element of the container, thereby creating an aperture in said top planar element of said container directly above said collar and allowing said first portion of said straw to release a stored spring energy to urge said second portion of said straw through said aperture a distance of at least one third of a length of said container.