Portable Reusable Straw and Method of Transporting the Same

Abstract

A portable straw that is encased in a protective sleeve. The protective sleeve attaching to a connector sleeve that is fused with the surface of the straw and not to the straw sections themselves. The connector sleeve and the cap functions as a handhold to deploy and retract the straw without touching the surfaces of the straw that are submerged inside a cup or exposed to user's mouth. A convenient harness made of elastic band may be deployed along an arm of a user for holding the portable collapsible straw when not in use.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A portable drinking straw comprising; at least two telescoping sections, wherein a top section of said at least two telescoping sections is narrower than a bottom section of said at least two telescoping sections; a connector sleeve disposed at top portion of said top section, said connector sleeve serving as a support surface for a cap; wherein said cap is configured to shift up and down along said surface of said sleeve; a mouthpiece in line with said sleeve, wherein a channel of said mouthpiece is in direct communication with a channel of said drinking straw; a case, said case having a sidewall and a bottom wall forming a hollow cavity within said case; wherein said case having an open end opposite said bottom wall; wherein said open end of said case configured to receive the bottom section of said portable drinking straw; wherein said case detachingly coupling with a bottom end of said connector sleeve when said at least two telescoping sections are fully folded into each other and stowed within said hollow cavity; and wherein said case is further comprised of a neck portion for detachingly coupling to said bottom end of said sleeve. 
     
     
         2 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 1 , wherein said bottom end of said sleeve further comprising a lip; wherein said lip fitting within a slot within said neck portion. 
     
     
         3 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 1 , wherein said bottom end of said sleeve forming a neck portion; and wherein said neck portion capable of magnetically clasping with said neck portion. 
     
     
         4 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 1 , wherein said cap having an opening at top end to allow a passage of said mouthpiece; and wherein said cap is configured to be displaced along said sleeve to cover or uncover said mouthpiece. 
     
     
         5 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 1 , wherein the only visible components during the fully collapsed stage of said portable drinking straw are the case and the cap. 
     
     
         6 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 1  wherein a bottom wall of said case having convex shaped bottom surface within said hollow cavity. 
     
     
         7 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 1 , further comprising a harness; wherein said harness is configured to transport said portable drinking straw. 
     
     
         8 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 7 , wherein said harness is further comprised of a first band, said first band snugly wrapped about a person's arm; wherein said first band obliquely attached to a second band; and wherein said second band configured to permit said case or said cap to be snugly retained therein. 
     
     
         9 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 8 , wherein said harness is further comprised of a third band, said third band being in a parallel and spaced apart association with said first band; wherein said third band wrapping around user's arm; and said third band having a flap configured to securely retain said cap; and wherein said flap linearly aligning with said second band. 
     
     
         10 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 8 , wherein said harness is further comprised of a third band, said third band being in a parallel and spaced apart association with said first band; wherein said third band wrapping around user's arm; and said third band having a fourth band linearly aligned with said second band; said fourth band snugly retaining a portion of said portable drinking straw therein. 
     
     
         11 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 8 , wherein said harness is further comprised of a third band, said third band being in a parallel and spaced apart association with said first band; wherein said third band wrapping around user's arm; and said third band having a fourth band linearly aligned with said second band; said fourth band snugly retaining a portion of said portable drinking straw therein; and said fourth band associated with a flap attaching to said third band; and wherein said flap configured to securely retain said cap. 
     
     
         12 . A portable drinking straw comprising; at least two telescoping sections, wherein a top section of said at least two telescoping sections is narrower than a bottom section of said at least two telescoping sections; a connector sleeve disposed at top portion of said top section, said connector sleeve serving as a support surface for a cap; wherein said cap is configured to shift upwardly or downwardly along said surface of said sleeve; a mouthpiece in line with said sleeve, wherein a channel of said mouthpiece is in direct communication with a channel of said drinking straw; said cap having an opening at top end to allow a passage of said mouthpiece; wherein said cap is configured to be displaced along said sleeve to cover or uncover said mouthpiece; a case having a hollow cavity for storing said portable drinking straw, said case having a sidewall and a bottom wall;
 wherein said case being open at one end; wherein said open end of said case configured to receive the bottom section of said portable drinking straw; wherein said case detachingly coupling with a bottom end of said connector sleeve when said at least two telescoping sections are fully folded into each other.   
     
     
         13 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 12 , wherein said sidewall of said case further comprising at least two flexible membranes, wherein said at least two flexible membranes configured to be in parallelly and oppositely situated to each other along said sidewall of said case; and wherein each of said at least two flexible membranes configured to flex into said cavity when subject to external pressure force to come into contact with a sidewall of said portable drinking straw. 
     
     
         14 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 13 , wherein each of said at least two flexible membranes is further comprised of flexible pads protruding into said cavity. 
     
     
         15 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 13 , wherein said bottom end of said sleeve further comprising a lip; wherein said lip fitting within a slot within a neck portion of said case. 
     
     
         16 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 13 , wherein said bottom end of said sleeve forming a neck portion; and wherein said neck portion capable of magnetically clasping with a neck portion of said case. 
     
     
         17 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 12 , further comprising a harness; wherein said harness is configured to transport said portable drinking straw; wherein said harness is comprised of a first band, said first band snugly wrapped about a person's arm; wherein said first band obliquely attached with a second band; wherein said second band configured to permit said case or said cap to be snugly retained therein; wherein said harness is further comprised of a third band, said third band being in a parallel and spaced apart association with said first band; wherein said third band wrapping around user's arm; and said third band having a flap configured to securely retain said cap; and wherein said flap linearly aligning with said second band. 
     
     
         18 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 13 , further comprising a harness; wherein said harness is configured to transport said portable drinking straw; wherein said harness is comprised of a first band, said first band snugly wrapped about a person's arm; wherein said first band obliquely attached with a second band; wherein said second band configured to permit said case or said cap to be snugly retained therein; wherein said harness is further comprised of a third band, said third band being in a parallel and spaced apart association with said first band; wherein said third band wrapping around user's arm; and said third band having a fourth band linearly aligned with said second band;
 said fourth band snugly retaining a portion of said portable drinking straw therein.   
     
     
         19 . The portable drinking straw of  claim 12 , further comprising a harness; wherein said harness is configured to transport said portable drinking straw; wherein said harness is comprised of a first band, said first band snugly wrapped about a person's arm; wherein said first band obliquely attached with a second band; wherein said second band configured to permit said case or said cap to be snugly retained therein; wherein said harness is further comprised of a third band. said third band being in a parallel and spaced apart association with said first band; wherein said third band wrapping around user's arm; and said third band having a fourth band linearly aligned with said second band;
 said fourth band snugly retaining a portion of said portable drinking straw therein; and   said fourth band associated with a flap attaching to said third band; and wherein said flap configured to securely retain said cap.   
     
     
         20 . A method deploying and folding a drinking straw while avoiding contact with surfaces of said straw that come into contact with a drinking liquid comprising the steps of grasping a cap by one and of a user; said cap being in a slided association with said drinking straw;
 grasping a bottom section of a folded drinking straw with the other hand of said user through a case holding said collapsed portion therein; pulling on said cap to extend sections of said collapsed straw and then releasing the hold on said case to remove the bottom section; hold a section of the drinking straw just below the cap and use one of the fingers of the same hand to shift the cap downward along the drinking straw to uncover a mouthpiece; place the bottom section of the straw into liquid and commence drinking;   grasp the cap with one hand and pull the drinking straw out of said liquid; hold a section of the drinking straw below the cap and use one of the fingers of the same hand to shift the cap upward along the drinking straw to cover the mouthpiece; use the same hand to guide the bottom section into an open end of the case until the bottom section rests against a bottom wall of the case; and continue pressing against the cap to cause telescoping sections of the drinking straw to be inserted into the bottom section, until a bottom end of the cap touches the top end of the case.