Beverage Cup or Lid with Combined Built-In Drinking Straw and Blow Toy

Abstract

A cup or lid with a combined built-in drinking straw and blow toy that allows a person to either suck in liquid from a container through the straw or else blow into the straw to cause an object located on the cup or lid which is to be promoted or advertised to spin or otherwise move, and where the cup or lid can be used as a toy, a drinking apparatus, a promotional item, or an item of memorabilia.

1 . A cup or lid, comprising:
 (a) a built-in channel or drinking straw for sipping or sucking a liquid or frozen drink; and   (b) a blow toy comprised of a second channel with an air-motor capable of being spun by air moving rapidly through said second channel; and   (c) matter that depicts an object or item to be promoted or publicly advertised capable of spinning or otherwise moving and physically connected to said air-motor for receiving energy or momentum from said air-motor; and   (d) means for allowing liquid to freely flow in one direction through said first channel or said drinking straw while inhibiting air from flowing in the opposite direction through said channel or said drinking straw; and   (e) means for allowing air to freely flow through said blow toy with said second channel and said air-motor in one direction while inhibiting air from flowing in the opposite direction through said blow toy with said second channel and said air-motor,   
     whereby a person can use said cup or said lid for sipping said liquid or frozen drink or for receiving enjoyment or exercise by causing said item or object to be promoted or advertised to rotate or otherwise be moved by blowing into said built-in channel or said drinking straw with expelled air moving through said air-motor in said blow toy in said cup or said lid. 
   
   
       2 . The cup or lid in  claim 1  wherein said means for allowing liquid or air to flow in only one direction is comprised of a flap, a reed, a check-ball, or any other object in any valve of any size, composition, or configuration capable of restricting or inhibiting the flow of matter in one direction through a channel of any sort while also allowing the matter to freely flow in the opposite direction through same said channel. 
   
   
       3 . The cup or lid in  claim 1  wherein said air-motor is comprised of an impeller or rotor with vanes, blades, or other protrusions of any size, shape, or composition where rapidly-moving air can impart momentum to or for driving a shaft or otherwise imparting momentum to another said object of any size, design, or configuration that is to be promoted or advertised, whereby the person using said cup or said lid with combined said built-in drinking straw and said blow toy can receive enjoyment or exercise. 
   
   
       4 . The cup or lid in  claim 1  wherein said blow toy is comprised of a whistle or some other sound-producing means. 
   
   
       5 . The cup or lid in  claim 1  wherein said components are comprised of plastic, metal, or any combination thereof. 
   
   
       6 . The cup or lid in  claim 1  wherein said blow toy has no one-way flow valve and where single said one-way flow valve located in said built-in drinking straw is sufficient to allow sucking and blowing activities of a person to accomplish their objectives. 
   
   
       7 . A method of operating a cup or lid with built-in drinking straw and blow toy, comprising:
 (a) providing a cup or lid comprising a built-in channel or drinking straw for sipping or sucking a liquid or frozen drink, and a blow toy comprised of a second channel with an air-motor capable of being spun by air moving through said second channel, and matter that depicts an object or item to be promoted or publicly advertised capable of spinning or otherwise moving and physically connected to said air-motor for receiving energy or momentum from said air-motor, and means for allowing liquid to freely flow in one direction through said first channel or said drinking straw while inhibiting air from flowing in the opposite direction through said channel or said drinking straw, and means for allowing air to freely flow through said blow toy with said second channel and said air-motor in one direction while inhibiting air from flowing in the opposite direction through said blow toy with said second channel and said air-motor, then   (b) allowing a person to suck in or sip said liquid or said frozen drink from a container through said built-in drinking straw in said cup or said lid by sucking in air, or   (c) allowing a person to operate said blow toy in said cup or said lid with said second channel and said air-motor for driving or rotating said object or item to be promoted or advertised by expelling air from lungs into said first channel or said drinking straw; then   (d) alternating as desired the sucking in or expelling of air by said person into said channel or said built-in drinking straw in said cup or said lid for either sipping said liquid from said container or else blowing into said channel or said built-in drinking straw in said cup or said lid comprised of said blow toy with said second channel and said air-motor for driving or rotating said object or said item to be promoted or advertised, then   (e) receiving enjoyment or having fun or obtaining breathing exercise while promoting said object to be advertised by either repeatedly sucking said liquid from said container or else repeatedly blowing into said channel or said built-in straw in said cup or said lid comprised of said built-in drinking straw and said blow toy.   
   
   
       8 . A cup or lid with combined built-in straw and blow toy that can be used for drinking or sipping a beverage or else used for having fun and doing exercise when blowing into said cup or said lid which causes an object or item to rotate or otherwise move, and where said object intended to be rotated or otherwise moved is advertised and promoted, whereby said cup and said lid with combined built-in straw and blow toy is used as a toy, a drinking apparatus, a promotional item, or an item of memorabilia.