Necklace straw, name straw, and phrase straw

Abstract

A novelty drinking straw formed of flexible transparent tubing has a central section formed in the shape of script spelling a name or short phrase. Two end sections extend from the ends of the central section and are joined by a knot to form a necklace. Two tube sections connect at the knot to the ends of the central section and can connect to a fluid container and the user's mouth. By sucking on the mouth section, fluid is drawn from the container, through the central section and then the mouthpiece.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 
     
         1 . A novelty drinking straw formed of flexible plastic tubing comprising:
 a central section bent so as to spell out, in script, a short phrase with the ends of the tubing section terminating in a knotted section joining the two ends;   a first tubing section connected through the knot to one of the ends of the central section and adapted to be inserted into a liquid container; and   a second tubing section connected to the other end of the central section through the knot and adapted to be inserted into a user's mouth, whereby the central section will lie across the chest area of the user and the user may suck liquid from the liquid container, through the central section, and into the mouthpiece.   
     
     
         2 . The novelty drinking straw of  claim 1 , wherein the short phrase constitutes a name. 
     
     
         3 . The novelty drinking straw of  claim 1 , wherein the short phrase of the central section generally lies in a first plane with certain of the script elements, comprising relatively sharp transitions, extending out of said first plane to avoid restrictions in the straw which would impede the flow of liquid. 
     
     
         4 . The novelty drinking straw of  claim 1 , wherein the knot has four terminating ends, two of which represent the ends of the central section and the other two represent said first and second tubing sections.