Container/drinking straw combination

Abstract

A container/drinking straw combination comprising: means for remvably disposing a folded straw circularly in a bottom recess of a container; and means for simultaneously removing and straightening the folded straw from the recess for use in drinking a beverage from the container.

1 . A container/drinking straw combination comprising:
 means for remvably disposing a folded straw circularly in a bottom recess of a container; and   means for simultaneously removing and straightening said folded straw from said recess for use in drinking a beverage from said container.   
     
     
         2 . The container/drinking straw combination of claim I wherein said means for removably disposing said folded straw in said recess is an adhesive means and said means for simultaneously removing and straightening said folded straw is a circular enclosure. 
     
     
         3 . The container/drinking straw combination of  claim 2  wherein said adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive. 
     
     
         4 . The container/drinking straw combination of  claim 2  wherein said adhesive is a thermally bondable adhesive. 
     
     
         5 . The container/drinking straw combination of  claim 1  wherein said means for simultaneously removing and straightening said folded straw comprises an innermost side removably bonded to an outermost fold of said folded straw. 
     
     
         6 . The container/drinking straw combination of  claim 5  wherein said innermost side removably bonded is an adhesive strip. 
     
     
         7 . The container/drinking straw combination of  claim 6  wherein a sanitized cloth is disposed on either or both sides of said adhesive. 
     
     
         8 . A method of removing a folded straw circularly disposed in a bottom recess of a container/drinking straw combination to drink a beverage from said container, comprising:
 removing the circularly folded straw from the recess in the bottom of the container by pulling an enclosure attached to an outermost fold of the folded straw to simultaneously disconnect an innermost fold of the folded straw from the container bottom and disconnect an outermost fold from the underside of the enclosure, to straighten the straw to create a channel for a beverage.