US3362607A - Container with drinking tube - Google Patents

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Jam s), 1968 D. M. WEITZNER 3,362,607

CONTAINER WITH DRINKING TUBE Filed May 25, "1966 0 Fig.5

INVENT OR My Domihea /7. Neazzner ATTURNEYS 3,362,607 CONTAINER WITH DRINKING TUBE Dorothea M. Weitzner, 8 E. 62nd St., New York, NX. 10021 Filed May 25, 1966, Ser. No. 552,906

3 Claims. (Cl. 2297) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A container for liquids having a hollow cylindrical body for containing liquid. The top of the body is closed and is formed with a removable tab having a free outwardly projecting serrated end that can be grasped for removing the tab. A drinking tube is formed with the side wall inside the body. The upper end of the tube is folded over and positioned remote from the bottom of the body. When the tab is removed the upper end of the tube is adapted to extend outwardly of the body and has a projection coacting with the free serrated end of the tab whereby the tube is held in upright position.

This invention relates to the art of containers for liquids and more particularly concerns containers provided with suction tubes for use as drinking straws or tubes to facilitate dispensing and consumption of the contents of the containers.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a container with a suction tube which is normally concealed within the container and which is released for use when the container is opened.

For further comprehension of the invention and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIGURES 1 and 5, are fragmentary perspective views of containers embodying the invention, the containers being shown closed.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional sectional view taken on line 22 of FIG. 1, the bottom of the container being shown.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the container of FIGS. 1, 2 shown open.

FIGS. 4 and 7 are perspective views of the containers of FIGS. 1 and 5, respectively, the containers being shown open.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-6 of FIG. 5.

Referring first to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, there is shown a generally cylindrical container C7 having a cylindrical body 40 in which is liquid 41 The container has a circular disk-like top 42 provided with a central opening 44 offset from the center. The opening is closed by a tab 100 which is formed integrally with the top 42].

The tab is outlined by score line 102. When removed the tab 100 leaves the elongated opening 44 A ring 104 is formed on the underside of tab 100 which slidably engages the upper end 106 of tube 108 inside the container. The bottom end 109 of the tube is secured to the bottom 110 of the container. Holes 50f in the tube at its bottom end admit liquid 41 The tab 100 can be pulled up at its free end 112 clear of the container top 42f as shown in FIG. 3. Then the tab can slide off the free end 106 of the tube leaving it extending upwardly as shown in FIG. 4. The attachment of the bottom end of the tube to the bottom of the container will prevent displacement of the tube. Opening 102 admits air to the container while the liquid contents are drawn out through tube 108.

' ice Container C8 shown in FIGS. 5-7 has the lower portion of tube 121 integrally joined to the side wall of the container body 40g. The upper end 122 of the tube underlays the tab 124 outlined by score lines 125 in container top 42g. The tab has a free outwardly projecting serrated end 126 which can be grasped. Tube end 122 is detachably joined to tab 124 at point 128. A small knob 129 projects laterally of tube end 122. This knob engages on the free edge of tab end 126 as shown in FIG. 6, when the tube end 122 is extended. FIG. 24 shows the tab 124 in dotted lines being pulled up from the container top. The lower end 130 of the tube is open and exposed to liquid 41g so that the liquid contents can easily be drawn out of the extended tube. The tab end 126 helps hold the tube end 122 upright. Tab 124 closes the top 42g as shown in FIG. 6 to prevent spilling of liquid. Air enters at small hole 125.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A container comprising a hollow body for containing liquid, said body having a tubular axially vertical side wall, a closed bottom integral with one end of the side wall, a top integral with the other end of the side wall, a removable tab closing said top, a suction tube inside the body, said tube having an upper end portion disposed adjacent the tab and a lower end portion disposed adjacent the container bottom, the lower end of the tube being open to admit said liquid while the liquid is being drawn by suction out of the upper end of the tube, means holding the tube in the container body so that the upper end of the tube can be extended out of the container body when the tab is removed at least in part from the container body, said tab having a free upwardly extending serrated end and a knob projecting from the upper end of the tube engageable with the free end of the tab for holding the tube in upright position outside of the body, said tab substantially closing the container top when the end of the tab is engaged with the knob, the top of the body being provided with an air vent when the end of the tab is engaged with the knob.

2. A container as recited in claim 1, wherein the lower portion of the tube is integrally joined to the inside of said side wall.

3. A container as recited in claim 1, wherein said tab and the upper portion of said tube are integral parts of the container top, and wherein the lower end of the tube is secured to said side wall.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Re. 25,448 9/ 1963 Cohen et a1. 229--7 2,194,011 3/1940 Davidson 2997 2,547,362 4/1951 Berry 2297 2,800,265 7/ 1957 Pugh 2297 2,805,809 9/1957 Pugh 229-7 2,844,267 7/ 1958 Petriccione. 3,074,610 1/ 1963 Pugh 2297 3,215,329 11/1965 Pugh 229-7 3,240,415 3/1966 Pugh 229-7 3,303,984 2/1967 Jurena 2297 3,303,985 2/ 196 7 Prokes et a1. 229-7 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,106,145 7/1955 France.

DONALD F. NORTON, Primary Examiner.

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