Patent ID: 7516869

Claim:
A beverage container comprising: a container body including a top and enclosing an interior space holding a beverage; an opening tab formed within in the top of the container body to be pivoted downward into the interior space for exposing an opening in the top of the container body; a straw held within the interior space of the container body; and a straw supporting structure, separate from the opening tab, fastened to the container body rigidly and not rotatably at a location spaced away from the opening tab, and disposed extending under the opening tab within the interior space of the container body, including a straw holding surface holding an upper end of the straw adjacent the top of the container body, wherein, as the opening tab is pivoted downward to expose the opening in the top of the container body, the straw holding surface is moved downward by sliding contact between the opening tab and the straw supporting structure to move the upper end of the straw downward.