Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
  • A47G21/00—Table-ware
  • A47G21/18—Drinking straws or the like
  • A47G21/183—Drinking straws or the like with means for changing the flavour of the liquid

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• the present invention relates to a sliding straw with solid food, which includes an outer straw 100; an inner straw 200 inserted into the outer straw 100 to keep water- tightness; and water-soluble or dispersible solid food 300 inserted into a lower end portion of the outer straw 100.
• straws In general, there are various kinds of straws: straws, to each of which decorations made by paper folding are attached to provide esthetic quality; telescope straws stretching in a slide type; flexible straws each having a bellows-type upper portion thereof to be bent; spoon straws each having a spoon formed on a lower end portion thereof, so that a user can easily spoon small grains, such as slush; and so on.
• Such straws have no function but to provide esthetic quality and to help a user to easily drink beverages.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide a sliding straw with solid food, which includes storage portions formed integrally with the straw and being openable in phases, so that the user can take contents stored in the storage portions together with solution by dissolving the contents.
• a further object of the present invention is to provide a sliding straw with solid food, which provides various kinds of health food supplements stored therein to neutralize poison of fast food or carbonated drinks and maintain a nutritional balance, whereby contributing to promotion of health.
• the present invention provides a sliding straw with solid food comprising: an outer straw 100; an inner straw 200 inserted into the outer straw 100 to keep watertightness; and water-soluble or dispersible solid food 300 inserted into a lower end portion of the outer straw 100, wherein a lower end portion of the inner straw 200 is pushed upwardly from the lower end portion of the outer straw 100 as high as a length that the solid food 300 is inserted, an upper end portion of the inner straw 200 projects a predetermined distance from an upper end portion of the outer straw 100, and the lower end portion of the inner straw 200 pushes the solid food 300 out of the outer straw 100 when the upper end portion of the projecting inner straw 200 is pushed into the outer straw 100.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view and a sectional view of a sliding straw with solid food according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view and a sectional view of a sliding straw with solid food, which has storage portions 210, according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 3 is a view showing a state where a lower end portion of an inner straw 200 according to the present invention is formed in a spoon shape.
• FIG. 4 is a view showing a state where an outer straw 100 includes an outer bellows
• the inner straw 200 includes an inner bellows 230.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view and a sectional view of a sliding straw with solid food according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
• the sliding straw according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an outer straw 100 and an inner straw 200 inserted into the outer straw 100 to maintain watertightness.
• an upper end portion of the inner straw 200 projecting over an upper end portion of the outer straw 100 is pressed, the inner straw 200 is pushed into the outer straw 100.
• a solid food 300 is a water-soluble or dispersible material and is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent or dispersion medium, and hence, a user can take it together with solution using a straw.
• solid food 300 there is no special restriction in the solid food 300, and any one of materials which is dissolvable or dispersible in solvent or dispersion media can be used as the solid food 300.
• the solid food 300 may contain at least one of ingredients in Green tea, coffee, cocoa, tea, vitamin, yeast, pollen, enzyme, lactobacillious, chlorella, germ, mushroom, cordyceps, chitosan, glucosamine, ginseng, red ginseng, herbs, calcium, selenium, and aloes, and the solid food 300 is not restricted to the above-mentioned ingredients and can be manufactured from various kinds of foods.
• the solid food 300 is inserted into a lower end portion of the outer straw 100, and a lower end portion of the inner straw 200 is pushed upwardly from the lower end portion of the outer straw 100 as high as a length that the solid food 300 is inserted.
• the upper end portion of the inner straw 200 projects a predetermined distance from the upper end portion of the outer straw 100.
• a lower stopper 110 is in a cylindrical form and fit onto an outer circumferential surface of the lower end portion of the outer straw 100 in order to store the solid food 30 inside the outer straw 100 in more safety and protect the solid food 300 from external pollution.
• the upper stopper 120 accommodates the upper end portion of the inner straw 200 projecting over the upper end portion of the outer straw 100 and is fit onto an outer circumferential surface of the upper end portion of the outer straw 100.
• the user can take the solid food 300 as follows.
• the upper end portion of the inner straw 200 is pushed into the outer straw 100, and then, the lower end portion of the inner straw 200 pushes the solid food 300, which is inserted into the lower end portion of the outer straw 100, out of the outer straw 100.
• the user can take solution, in which the solid food 300 is dissolved or dispersed, using the straw after removing the upper stopper 120.
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view and a sectional view of a sliding straw with solid food, which has storage portions 210, according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
• the storage portions 210 are storage spaces formed by the outer circumferential surface of the lower end portion of the inner straw 200, which is hollowed inwardly, and can store water-soluble or dispersible powder or granules therein.
• the storage portions 210 can be opened at the lower end portion of the outer straw 100 in phases according to the distance that the upper end portion of the inner straw 200 is pushed into the upper end portion of the outer straw 100.
• the solid food 300 is coffee solid and sugar powder is stored in the storage portion 210
• the coffee solid is first discharged from the outer straw 100 and dissolved in water, and then, the sugar powder is discharged outwardly and dissolved in water. Accordingly, the user can make black coffee or coffee with sugar according to the user's taste, and adjust the quantity of sugar, which will be dissolved in water.
• the user can make coffee by dissolving the sugar powder and/or the cream powder according to the user's taste.
• FIG. 3 is a view showing a state where a lower end portion of an inner straw 200 according to the present invention is formed in a spoon shape.
• FIG. 4 is a view showing a state where an outer straw 100 includes an outer bellows
• the inner straw 200 includes an inner bellows 230.
• the outer straw 100 includes the outer bellows 130 at a predetermined region thereof.
• the inner straw 200 also includes the inner bellows 230 formed at a location corresponding to the region of the outer bellows 130 in a state where the upper end portion of the inner straw 200 is pushed into the upper end portion of the outer straw 100.
• the inner bellows 230 projects below the maximum vertically movable height of the region of the outer bellows 130 formed on the outer straw 100 to thereby allow a sliding motion.
• the inner bellows 230 and the outer bellows 130 are overlapped each other, and hence, not only the outer straw 100 but also the inner straw 200 can be bent at a predetermined angle.
• the user can conveniently take the water-soluble or dispersible solid food stored in the straw by dissolving or dispersing the solid food in a solvent or dispersion medium.
• the user can put the solid food 300 stored in the lower end portion of the outer straw 100 into a solvent or dispersion medium. After that, the user can take solution in which the solid food 300 is dissolved or dispersed, using the straw after stirring the straw to dissolve or disperse the solid food 300 in the solution. Therefore, the user can take a wanted food more conveniently.
• the straw according to the present invention includes the storage portions formed integrally with the straw and being openable in phases, the user can take contents stored in the storage portions together with solution by dissolving the contents.
• the solid food 300 is coffee solid and sugar powder is stored in the storage portion 210
• the coffee solid is first discharged from the outer straw 100 and dissolved in water, and then, the sugar powder is discharged outwardly and dissolved in water.
• the user can make black coffee or coffee with sugar according to the user's taste, and adjust the quantity of sugar, which will be dissolved in water.
• various ingredients of powder can be respectively stored in the plural storage portions 210, so that the user can select a wanted powder to be dissolved or dispersed.
• the straw according to the present invention can contribute to promotion of health by neutralizing poison of fast food or carbonated drinks and maintaining a nutritional balance, since various kinds of health food supplements are stored in the straw.

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