US2011042479A1PendingUtilityA1

Drinking straw including an ice trapping net

Assignee: MERINO JAIME ANGELPriority: Dec 24, 2002Filed: Aug 26, 2010Published: Feb 24, 2011
Est. expiryDec 24, 2022(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Jaime Merino
A47G 21/187
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Abstract

The invention includes a drinking straw with an inverted funnel-shaped net retained near a lower end of the straw. The net traps ice at the lower end of the straw to cool liquid drawn into the lower end of the straw.

Claims

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1 ) A drinking apparatus comprising a net and a straw, where the net is shaped like a funnel, its opening is bigger at one end and gets narrower as is gets to a straw opening, where the net is also at the middle so that the straw can slide through the middle, where the net can also be made at different sizes and of different material to fit the diameter of different cups. 
     
     
         2 ) The drinking apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the net comprises holes. 
     
     
         3 ) The drinking apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a rubber washer, which fits tightly around the straw.

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