Patent ID: 7997509

Claim:
A portion-controlled dispensing straw assembly, comprising: a dispensing straw including: inner and outer telescoping tubes, said outer tube having an upper edge and a lower edge, and said inner tube having an upper edge, a lower edge and an interior chamber for receiving a substance to be dispensed; a seal disposed within and attached to said outer tube, below said inner tube lower edge, for preventing the substance from exiting said interior chamber in a substance-retaining condition; and a cap having a lower edge resting on said upper edge of said inner tube in said substance-retaining condition; said cap, upon being depressed, pushing said inner tube within said outer tube to break said seal and allow the substance received in said interior chamber to fall out of said tubes in a substance-releasing condition; and said cap, upon being removed, opening a completely open passage forming said dispensing straw for sipping up the substance at said upper edges of said tubes from at said lower edges of said tubes, whether or not any other substance is present at said lower edges of said tubes.