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(1) Field of the Invention:
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(2) Description of the Related Art including Information Disclosed under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98:
Not Applicable.
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.
The drinking straw and ice trapping net are assembled as follows:
Step 1: obtain a plain straw (A), that would be at common convenient store;
Step 2: stretch a snug rubber washer (B), around the straw, and then slide the snug rubber washer (B), approximately two inches from the bottom of the straw;
Step 3: take a plastic net (C), and allow the top end of the straw (A), to pass through the middle of it until the snug rubber washer (B), stops it at the lower end of the straw;
Step 4: place the snug rubber washer (D), around the top end of the straw (A), like step three, except slide it down the straw (A), until it is about an inch above the plastic net;
Step 5: puncture the drink lid (E), through the bottom with the top end of the straw (A), then take the entire assembly with the lid (E), and place it in the soda drink cup and watch it capture the ice and bring with the ice with the lower end of the straw to the bottom of the cup.
Number | Name | Date | Kind |
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1847879 | Knecht | Mar 1932 | A |
4938375 | Fantacone | Jul 1990 | A |
5547103 | Murphy et al. | Aug 1996 | A |
Number | Date | Country | |
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20040118769 A1 | Jun 2004 | US |