Patent ID: 8408410

Claim:
A straw holder and bottle cap comprising: the straw holder comprising: a)— a plug section, the plug section comprising: i. a hollow funnel section with an outer side and an inner area, with the outer side attaching to a top gasket member, a middle inner sealing member and a lower guiding member, with the lower guiding member having means of centering the straw holder within a middle area of a bottle, with the middle inner sealing member having means of contacting an inner wall area of a neck section of a bottle, and the top gasket member being configured to sit on top of a top lip of a bottle and the top gasket member having a larger circumference as compared to a top lip section of a bottle; b) a straw retention system, the straw retention system comprising: i. a hollow main shaft connected to a bottom portion of the funnel section; ii. a hollow sub-shaft connected to the main shaft, and with the sub-shaft having a smaller inside diameter than an inside diameter of the main shaft; iii. a hollow “V” straw retainer section attached to a lower end of the sub-shaft, with the “V” straw retainer section having a smaller inside diameter as compared to the inside diameter of the sub-shaft; iv. the funnel section having a void; v. the main shaft having a void; vi. an inner lower straw having a top end secured by the “V” straw retainer section and the inner lower straw having a bottom end extending below the “V” straw retainer section; vii. a top cap securing the top gasket member to the top lip section of a bottle; the bottle cap comprising: c) an inner cap seal member attached to a shoulder section with the shoulder section comprising a rest area and a cap shelf plate.