Patent ID: 8276781

Claim:
A drinking container assembly comprising: a housing having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said the perimeter wall having an upper edge defining an opening extending into said housing; a closure being attached to and being coextensive with said upper edge, said closure being positionable in an open position extending upwardly from said upper edge or in a closed position folded downwardly over said opening, said closure having an access aperture extending their through and into said housing when said closure is in said closed position, said access aperture having a greatest width less than ½ inch, said closure comprising a plurality of overlapping panels each having a terminal edge positioned distal to said upper edge and being concavely arcuate, said closure having a plurality of overlapping panels, said overlapping panels having overlapping and locking lateral edges, said locking edges alternating between forming a tongue and a groove, each said groove receiving said tongue of an adjacently positioned one of said overlapping panels whereby said lateral edges lock; a straw having a top end, a bottom end and a peripheral wall extending between said top and bottom ends, said top and bottom ends each being open, said bottom end being positioned within said housing and adjacent to said bottom wall, said top end extending upwardly through said opening in said housing, said peripheral wall being integrally coupled to and nonremovable from said perimeter wall, said straw including a pair of corrugated sections to facilitate bending of said straw, said straw including a bottom portion including said bottom end, said bottom portion extending laterally away from said perimeter wall and toward a central area of said bottom wall so that said bottom end is vertically orientated and an aperture defined by said bottom end is directed across said bottom wall, said bottom portion having a plurality of slits therein to allow liquid to flow into said straw through said slits; and a pair of perimeter flanges being attached to and extending around said straw, said flanges being spaced from each other and a receiving slot being defined between said flanges, each of said terminal ends of said panels being removably positioned in said receiving slot.