Patent ID: 7784628

Claim:
A drinking apparatus to hold a fluid and a serve a fluid for consumption, said apparatus comprising: a container including a bottom wall and a peripheral wall being integrally attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall, a top wall being integrally coupled to said peripheral wail, said container being of unitary construction; a drinking member being integrally coupled to said container and being fluidly coupled with an interior of said container, said drinking member including; a nipple extending away from said container, said nipple including a perimeter wall extending away from and being integrally coupled to said container, said nipple including a distal wall with respect to said container and closing an outer end of said nipple, said distal wall having a plurality of drink apertures therein; said perimeter wall extending around an internal area of said nipple, said container having a plurality of fill apertures therein fluidly coupled to said internal area and a straw being integrally coupled to said container, said straw having a first end attached to said container adjacent to said fill apertures and a second end extending to an opposite end of said container, wherein said straw has a plurality of suction openings therein, each of said suction openings being covered by a flexible flap members to prevent fluid from flowing through said suction openings absent suction on said nipple.