Drinking glass aid

Abstract

A drinking glass aid ( 10 ) is disclosed having a drinking glass ( 11 ), a lid ( 12 ), a weighted disc ( 13 ) and an elongated, hollow drinking straw ( 14 ). The drinking straw is generally cylindrical along its entire shaft ( 17 ) and includes a stop or collar ( 21 ) extending outwardly from the shaft in a position closely adjacent the bottom end ( 18 ) of the straw shaft. The disc is generally circular with an perimeter ( 23 ) and a central hole ( 24 ) configured to receive the straw shaft yet small enough to prevent the passage of the straw collar therethrough. The disc also includes a series of fluid passage channels ( 26 ) therethrough. The disc has a composition which allows it to force the ice into the bottom of the glass as the disc slides down the drinking straw within the glass.

1 . A drinking glass aid comprising:
 a drinking glass having an interior width,   a plate having a straw hole therethrough, said plate having a size and shape less than at least the majority of the widths of the interior of the drinking glass along the height of the drinking glass, and   a straw having an elongated shaft and a projection extending outwardly from said elongated shaft, said plate straw hole being sized and shaped to allow the passage of said straw shaft therethrough yet being sized and shaped to prevent the passage of said shaft and said projection therethrough.   
     
     
         2 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 1  wherein said plate is made of a material having a specific gravity greater than the specific gravity of water. 
     
     
         3 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 1  wherein said plate has a material composition which enables said plate to sink in water. 
     
     
         4 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 1  wherein said projection is an annular projection extending from said shaft. 
     
     
         5 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 4  wherein said projection is slidable along said shaft to different locations along said shaft. 
     
     
         6 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 1  wherein said plate is a metal plate. 
     
     
         7 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 1  wherein said plate includes fluid passages extending through said plate. 
     
     
         8 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 7  wherein said fluid passages extend inwardly from a peripheral edge of said plate. 
     
     
         9 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 7  wherein said fluid passages extend through said plate at a location between said straw hole and a peripheral edge of said plate. 
     
     
         10 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 1  further comprising a lid adapted to be coupled to a top edge of said drinking glass, said lid including a lid straw opening therethrough. 
     
     
         11 . A drinking glass aid to be used in conjunction with a drinking glass, the drink aid comprising:
 an ice sinking device having a straw opening therethrough, and   a straw having an elongated shaft and an ice sinking device stop extending outwardly from said elongated shaft, said ice sinking device straw opening being sized and shaped to allow the passage of the straw shaft therethrough yet being sized and shaped to prevent the passage of said ice sinking device stop therethrough.   
     
     
         12 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 1  wherein said ice sinking device is a plate having a physical composition which enables said ice sinking device to sink in water. 
     
     
         13 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 11  wherein said straw stop is an annular projection extending from said shaft. 
     
     
         14 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 11  wherein said stop is slidable along said shaft to different locations along said shaft. 
     
     
         15 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 11  wherein said ice sinking device is a metal plate. 
     
     
         16 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 12  wherein said plate includes fluid passages extending through said plate. 
     
     
         17 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 16  wherein said fluid passages extend inwardly from a peripheral edge of said plate. 
     
     
         18 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 16  wherein said fluid passages extend through said plate at a location between said straw opening and a peripheral edge of said plate. 
     
     
         19 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 11  further comprising a drinking glass. 
     
     
         20 . The drinking glass aid of  claim 19  further comprising a lid adapted to be coupled to a top edge of said drinking glass, said lid including a lid straw opening therethrough.