Abstract: Unitary beverage containers and methods of filling thereof are disclosed where the beverage container includes a main body and a filling conduit extending from the top thereof which is closed off after filling. In embodiments with a separate straw, an attaching mechanism removably attaches the distal end of the flexible straw to the top of main body and closes the aperture in the distal end. The attaching mechanism includes a short hollow bridge extending from the aperture which is broken during removal of the flexible straw to uncover the aperture prior to use. The hollow bridge is connected to a hollow chamber member which is otherwise isolated fluidly from the container volume. A concavity is provided at the top in which a mouthpiece at the distal end of the straw is received. In some preferred embodiments, the filling conduit extends from the top of the main body, and from adjacent the mouthpiece or from the mouthpiece itself.

Abstract: A closure device for drinking from a liquid container (2) is sealingly mounted with a bottom part (3) of a main body thereof extending into an opening of the container. A top part (4) has a circular-arc portion with a groove (6) therein. Liquid-emitting and air-admitting bore holes (10, 11) are positioned in a base of the groove. A pivotally movable cap (14) is mounted on the top part covering the groove. When the cap is pivoted, it causes a flexible hose (12) mounted in the liquid-emitting bore hole to bend and thereby closes it. At the same time, the bent hose closes the air-admitting opening.

Abstract: A beverage container includes a cylindrical container formed with a mounting bracket fixedly secured to a wall of the container for securement to a support plate portion, with the support plate portion including a mounting head received within the bracket. A modification of the invention includes a lid structure arranged to receive the cylinder formed with a matrix of apertures directed therethrough, with a saturated sponge including a nutrient fluid contained therewithin to permit the nutrient fluid to be directed into a surrounding drinking fluid within the container. A plurality of such nutrient cylinders are arranged for mounting within an associated support container arranged for transport by an individual in association with the drinking container of the invention.

Abstract: A lid assembly for a container is provided having a pour opening and a drinking straw opening, each opening having a corresponding closure hingedly connected to the lid. Each closure employs a novel sealing plug that matingly engages the opening to seal the opening with both a friction seal and a snap-fit seal. The lid assembly also has an independently formed handle hingedly connected to the lid for carrying.

Abstract: This cover for an opened beverage container has a pivoted valve in the withdrawal passage that is opened and closed according to the position of a tubular spout integral with the valve. The valve is supported by journals engaging bearings, and having a conical sealing portion. The spout has a ball-ended vent plug engageable with a vent opening in the cover, with the opening having a snap-in section and a dissociated more relaxed sealing section that continues to grip the ball end gently after repeated uses of the snap-in function.

Abstract: A straw adaptor for a baby bottle comprised of an elongate tube having a first end adapted for drinking from and a second end adapted to be submerged in a drinking liquid in a baby bottle is disclosed. The first end is curved and flattened and the second end is straight and extends nearly to the bottom of a baby bottle. The device further includes a flattened, disc-shaped collar nearer its first end, this collar being integral with the tube and oriented in perpendicular relation to its long axis. The collar has a concentric, upstanding ridge on its upper face which registers with the inside edge of a threaded, annular baby bottle cap. Alternative embodiments further include a unidirectional valve and a mouthpiece with convolutions for added flexibility.

Abstract: A device for facilitating administration of medicine to a patient comprises a straw having a lower end and an upper end, a cup-shaped member defining a receptacle space, and graduation markings or other indicators on the cup-shaped member for providing a volumetric indication of an amount of liquid deposited into the receptacle space. The cup-shaped member is connected to the straw at the lower end so that a lower tip of the straw communicates with a lower region of the receptacle space.

Abstract: A new insulated container, includes a hollow bottle being composed of pliable resilient material, and an insulation sleeve disposed over a portion of the outer surface of the bottle and being contracted frictionally thereabout. The sleeve has a mouth portion for receiving the bottle. The sleeve is composed of a pliable resilient material and includes an outer insulation sleeve portion and an inner pliable sleeve portion having a smooth inner surface to facilitate the insertion of the bottle into the sleeve. The method includes forming the two-part sleeve, and then inserting the bottle into the sleeve by first moving them together telescopically until a portion of the bottle disposed within the sleeve. Thereafter, the axially directed bottle-contracting impacts are applied abruptly to the bottle and the sleeve at opposite ends thereof to cause them to move axially relative to one another until the bottle is free to expand outwardly within the sleeve for gripping the bottle frictionally.

Abstract: A diaphragm valve for high pressure use has a metal diaphragm which is actuated into and out of direct engagement with a valve seat by an air operator acting through a force multiplying lever assembly. The valve seat is confined by rigid interior and exterior sleeves while the sealing surface is contoured to have a concave configuration corresponding to the contour of the diaphragm in its deflected position. The air operator is provided with a stroke adjustment mechanism that is locked in adjusted position by a member that is generally accessible only when the operator is disconnected from the valve.

Abstract: Drinking devices include at least a drinking tube, a container lid and/or a container. The drinking tube includes a first free end located proximal a mouth of the container or the lid. At least a portion of the drinking tube, which is in or is intended to be placed in a container, is looped and is sufficiently flexible so as to tend to collapse under its own weight to open or close the individual loops and to permit at least a second free end of the drinking tube to drop to the lowest point within the container, regardless of the orientation of the container. A variety of configurations are disclosed for sports bottles, infant nursing bottles, drink bottles and cans and other liquid containers.

Abstract: A bottle sling formed of a flexible web is arranged in surrounding and engaging securement relative to a drinking container, with a support ring mounting a flexible strap adjacent an upper distal end of the container for support of the web of the container about an individual's torso portion. A modification of the invention includes an agitator pump arranged within the fluid coaxially of a drinking tube directed through the container and a flavored tablet dispenser in communication with an interior portion of the container for projecting flavoring tablets within the container.

Abstract: A beverage-container carrier and sipping assembly (10) that is designed to replace the cap on a conventional bottle-type beverage container (60) or to be diretly attached to the circumferential edge (72) of a sport bottle (71) or an opened beverage can (70). The assembly (10) consists of a dome shaped cover (12,14) that has attached a carrying strap (40) and a straw bore (20) on its upper surface that to accepts a drinking straw (22). The strap can be adjusted to an optimum length to hand carry the cover or to a length that allows the assembly (10) to be placed around a person's neck or shoulders. In either case, the strap (40) is attached to the containers cover (12,14) at points that correspond to the container (60) shoulder or center-of-gravity. Therefore, the container is comfortably balanced and supported when held by the strap (40). A vertically or horizontally oriented handle (50,54) can be added to the cover (12,14) to increase the assembly utility.

Abstract: A drink container (10) has spaced apart transparent shells (20,24) with the intervening space (34) containing a liquid and floatable and sinkable objects (36). A cap (14) and cover (16) on the container open top are rotatable between a drinking position where a sipping straw (18) extends upwardly for use and a non-drinking position where the straw is moved within the cover (16) and pinched off to prevent leakage.

Abstract: A disposable cup lid has intersecting straw insertion slits and rip-stop end cuts located transversely to and spaced from the ends of the straw insertion slits. In a preferred embodiment, the rip-stop end cuts are stamped lines of weakness or perforations, located perpendicularly to, and between about 1/32 and 1/16 inch beyond, the ends of the straw insertion slits. In another preferred embodiment, the end cuts are portions of the arc of a circle with a diameter slightly larger than the length of the straw insertion slits. The rip-stop end cuts, together with the straw insertion slits, define frangible reinforcing webs connecting wedge-shaped lid portions defined by the straw insertion slits. The webs strengthen the cup during shipment, during mounting on the cup, and during transportation of the filled cup prior to insertion of the straw. The webs are broken by insertion of the straw, resulting in a structure that effectively prevents the force of straw insertion from tearing the top surface of the lid.

Abstract: A beverage serving set comprising a drinking straw and beverage container combination wherein the drinking straw is L-shaped having long and short parts, and the container has a guiding structure for maintaining the long part vertical in the container and the short part parallel to the lid of the container. The long part is slidable and rotatable in the guiding structure which may be an adapter depending from the lid or a guiding tube attached to the container wall. A clip is provided on the lid to securely hold the short part of the straw for storage, and in addition a cap may be provided at the clip for capping the end of the short part of the straw.

Abstract: A non-spill container for preventing the spilling of liquid therefrom when the container is tipped or turned upside down is disclosed. The non-spill container includes a bottom member and a top member that is releasably mounted on the bottom member, the bottom member including an annular wall portion and an annular flange portion. The top member that is joined to the bottom member also includes an upper annular wall portion to which an upper annular flange section is joined at the lowermost end thereof, the flanges of the top and bottom members being interconnected to releasably interlock the top and bottom members together.

Abstract: A water bottle and support assembly for a golf bag includes a retainer bracket, a hanger strap and retaining belt for mounting the retainer bracket on the golf bag, and a water bottle supported by the bracket. The retainer bracket has a front surface provided with a vertically extending dovetail groove, and the water bottle has a corresponding dovetail tongue thereon sized to fit within the groove, so that the bottle can be easily and quickly installed or removed.

Abstract: A nursing bottle having a nipple to be connected with an extension hose. It includes a nipple which is able to be connected with an extension hose and extend through a fixing component and a bottle cap into the bottle. A grip jaw is provided on the fixing component which will be contracted in a reception trough or hole on the top of the bottle while the fixing component is screwed on the bottle cap to tightly grip the extension hose. The length of the extension hose is able to be adjusted to extend out of the bottle to facilitate the nursing bottle to be used in offering the nipple to the baby or child for sucking and placing the bottle at a distance and without the need of the nurser or the baby or child having to hold the bottle.

Abstract: A fluid container made of thin, soft synthetic resin includes a substantially cube-shaped body with at least one longitudinal cutout portion in a corner portion of the body, a straw member coextensively disposed in the cutout portion and which has one end thereof in communication with the interior of the container body, and a fluid infusion nozzle protruding from the container, the fluid infusion nozzle being retractably connected to the container body for being retracted after fluid infusion through the nozzle. The straw member also includes a bellows formed in an intermediate portion thereof and a reinforcement wall which interconnects the straw with the container.

Abstract: A lid-straw assembly installable on an opened beverage can to facilitate the process of drinking the liquid beverage from the can. The lid includes a peripheral rim wall that snaps down around the upper edge of the can to mount the lid on the can; the rim wall seals against leakage across the can-lid interface. A hollow drinking straw extends through the lid so that a portion of the straw is exposed for drinking purposes; a second portion of the straw extends downwardly into the can for extraction of liquid from the can.

Abstract: A one-piece container for potable liquids (e.g., beverages) includes a body portion formed of a plastics material and sized to accommodate a predetermined volume of potable liquid, and a drinking straw in fluid communication with the potable liquid within the body portion. A flexible bellows member interconnects the straw to the body portion so as to allow the straw to be foldable between a stowed position (e.g., during periods of nonuse) and an erected position (e.g., during periods of use). A recess may be formed in the body portion (e.g., in a side wall and/or an upper portion thereof) so as to accommodate the drinking straw in its stowed position. Longitudinal rigidity and stability may be provided by a series of circumferentially spaced-apart ribs integrally formed on the otherwise flexible (and collapsible) body portion.

Abstract: A straw-containing universal type cover assembly for a beverage container which includes a lid adapted to be snap fitted on an annular rim of the beverage container and is operative to simultaneously prevent spillage of and minimize decarbonation rates within the beverage once the container has been opened. The lid also includes a pull tab joined to the periphery thereof for both removing the lid from the beverage container and holding a straw in an upright position. The assembly further includes a multifunctional plug member attached to the straw by means of a flexible strap and having a stem portion operative to be inserted into an opening in the lid in one orientation, with the lid opening being generally aligned with a sealed or previously sealed opening in the top of the beverage container.

Abstract: A bottle and drinking tube assembly is provided for dispensing of liquids. The bottle has an open top body formed from a resilient plastic material and is adapted to be collapsed upon application of moderate hand pressure and a cap for closing the top through which the bottle is filled. An aperture is formed in the cap for receiving an elongated drinking tube that extends to the bottom of the bottle and has an end exterior of the bottle from which the liquid is discharged. A fluid seal is formed between the cap and tube. A selectively operable venting valve is also provided in the cap to alternatively permit airflow into the bottle enabling the user to sip the liquid through the tube or to prevent fluid outflow from the bottle when the bottle is collapsed to forcibly expel liquid through the tube.

Abstract: An improved cap assembly is provided for use with a water bottle or the like. The cap assembly includes a lid member adapted to fit over the open mouth of the bottle, and to support a drinking straw which extends from the lid member to a lower end substantially adjacent to a bottom wall of the bottle. An apertured cylindrical stem is carried by the lid member and may include a poppet valve or the like to selectively permit delivery of the bottle contents through the straw and stem to the exterior of the bottle. A protective closure cap fits removably over the apertured stem in sealing relation therewith to prevent leakage of the bottle contents.

Abstract: A fluid containment and access device for use with a beverage container having an upper, beaded rim and an opening for flow of the fluid contents from within the volume of the container includes a flexible lid, an integral straw and a vent with closure. The lid fits securely upon the top of the beverage container to form a fluid-tight seal. The straw has a first end extending above the lid and a second end that extends through the opening substantially to the bottom of the container. The vent closure is moveable between a first position to permit the flow of air into the container and a second position to prevent the flow of air into the beverage container.

Abstract: A thermally insulated, spill-resistant bevarage container and dispenser having a resealable threaded lid at the top end thereof, and an internal straw receiver and drinking spout. The annular sidewall and bottom end of the container are comprised of an interior and exterior layer of liquid impervious thermoplastic, housing therebetween a single layer of lightweight thermal insulation material. The insulation material maintains the temperature of the contained beverage, whether hot or cold, for an extended period of time. The straw receiver is comprised of a tubular passageway extending from the top of the cup downward outside the thermal insulation of the sidewall to open into the bottom interior of the beverage containment chamber of the container. The non-insulated straw receiver allows hot beverages to cool slightly before being drank. Affixed to the top of the container and aligned over the straw receiver is a tubular extension structured to serve as a drinking spout.

Abstract: An improved cap and straw assembly for use with a water bottle or the like, wherein a bottle cap of the type having a poppet valve is equipped with a drinking straw for facilitated dispensing or drinking of a beverage from the bottle. The poppet valve includes a valve member adapted for movement to a position defining an open outlet port through which the bottle contents can be dispensed. The drinking straw has an upper end carried by the cap in surrounding relation to the outlet port, and a lower end terminating within the bottle near a bottle wall thereof. When the valve member is open, the straw permits the beverage to be sucked through the straw and poppet valve, thereby permitting beverage dispensing without requiring bottle inversion.

Abstract: An insulated drinking container having an insulated cup and an insulated lid which is shreadably engagable over the open upper end of the cup. The lid includes an integrally formed grasping handle and an elongated centrally disposed, downwardly extending straw housing. The straw housing includes a stationary straw which extends downward to the bottom of the cup and a removable straw slidably translatable up and down in the stationary housing adjacent the stationary straw between a downward stored position fully within the straw housing and an upward sipping position extended above the lid. Only when in its sipping position is the removable straw, having an aperture formed through its wall for this purpose, in fluid communication with the stationary straw so that liquid in the container may be removed. Pressurizing and suction features which automatically urge the removable straw upward to its sipping position and downward to its stored position are also disclosed.

Abstract: A combination drinking vessel, and cup holder includes a cylindrically shaped outer container enclosing a truncated conically shaped inner container, the inner container being for holding fluid or for holding a drinking cup with the lip thereof juxtaposed to a rolled over lip about the mouth of the outer container; a rolled over lip being provided about the bottom of the outer container; a cap serving as a cover by snapping over the lip at the mouth of the outer container, or as a coaster by snapping over the lip at the bottom of the outer container; inserts for placement within the inner container for accommodating different size cups therein; and thermal insulation filling the space within said outer container not occupied by the inner container.

Abstract: A beverage container and dispensing cap is set forth including an elongate polymeric container for receiving a lid thereon. The lid includes an integral straw formed with an accordion hinge spaced above an upper surface of the lid with a cap removable therefrom. The cap is positionable upon a rigid boss formed integrally and orthogonally relative to an upper surface of the lid. The boss includes deformable arcuate serrations for enhancing frictional engagement with the cap and the boss. The cap is positioned on the boss for use of the integral straw by an individual and allowing securement of the cap on the boss avoiding loss and abuse of the cap when removed from the straw.

Abstract: A portable liquid insulated cooler having a plug removably mounted on the top wall through which a flexible tubing extends providing a straw for drawing the liquid contents from the container. A receptacle containing a coolant is removably mounted on the top wall of the cooler and depends therefrom into the liquid in the cooler. The cooler is provided with a handle having a storage compartment for the flexible tubing.

Abstract: A runner's portable water supply is presented. The supply comprises a water bottle with a special cap and sipping tube. The sipping tube is curved and only slightly flexible so that it can be bent, but retains its shape if the wearer does not bend it. The cap fits into the bottle neck in a liquid tight coupling and has a first interior surface slideably mating with the tube in a substantially liquid tight coupling and has a second interior tunnel permitting gas to enter the bottle but deflecting liquid so that liquid cannot splash out of the bottle. The bottle is coupled to a selected part of the wearer's body with the upper end of the tube near the wearer's mouth and the lower end of the tube near the bottom interior surface of the bottle. Air flows into the bottle as liquid is sipped out. The bottle need not be held.

Abstract: A child's liquid drink container in the form of a canteen which is equipped with a drinking straw. The canteen has a dome-shaped rotatable cover with a hole in one side. The cover may be rotated to a first angular position in which an internal closure member closes the hole with the straw retracted into the cover. The cover may also be rotated to a second angular position in which the closure member moves away from the hole and in which the straw is caused to project out through the hole. This enables one to drink the liquid contained in the canteen quickly and easily and without the need to remove the cover.

Abstract: A combined bottle cap and straw structure for a liquid containing bottle is disclosed. The cap includes a liner secured thereto which extends across a central region of the cap. In a first embodiment, a hollow cylindrical straw is formed integrally with the liner. A frangible region is formed at the junction between the liner and the straw. A relatively small aperture is formed through the frangible region to vent the interior of the straw to the interior of the bottle. When the cap is removed from the bottle, the straw remains attached to the cap for easy grasping. The straw can flexed relative to the cap to separate it from the liner along the frangible region. In a second embodiment, the liner is provided with an integral protrusion which extends into the open end of the bottle. The straw is formed separately from the liner, but is sized to be frictionally retained on the protrusion. The protrusion includes a relatively small groove to vent the interior of the straw portion to the interior of the bottle.

Abstract: A flask for attachment to a life preserver is provided with a coiled straw inside the flask. The flask is covered by a cap through which the end portion of the straw is adapted to extend. The cap has a valve mechanism which is attached to the end portion of the straw and pinches the end portion of the straw shut to prevent the entrance of sea water in the flask. A spring is attached to the valve mechanism in such a way that some force is required to actuate the valve mechanism so it no longer pinches the end portion of the straw shut. When this force is exerted on the spring, the valve mechanism releases the end of the straw so the person in the water can suck the contents of the flask through the straw. If the person in the water faints and no longer exerts this force on the valve mechanism, the spring automatically actuates the valve mechanism to pinch the end portion of the straw shut, to prevent the entrance of sea water into the flask and thus preserve its contents.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a beverage container having a tapered neck portion smaller than a buoyant chamber on the container advertising straw having a flexible straw the overall length of which fits from the inside of the container bottom to the inside of the container cap when the cap is seated on the container top. A mini-buoyant chamber in the geometric form of the container in which it is to be placed is on the exterior of the straw. The mini-chamber has an external diameter such as to catch against the inner neck of the beverage container to prohibit accidental separation of the straw from the bottle, but which permits removal of the straw and mini-container from the beverage container by a firm pull, which due to the constriction of the neck, will compress the mini-container from the bottle. An advertising message is on the exterior of the mini-container containing the logo of the bottler which will remain with the straw and mini-buoyant after its disassociation from the bottle.

Abstract: This invention relates to a retractable sipper device for a portable thermos bottle comprising a cover body, a cover plate, a winder and a sipper. The cover body has an internal thread at the bottom for attachment to a thermos bottle case and consists of an upper compartment having a sipper opening in a side wall, and blocks, notches and slopes on the bottom. A winder which has a groove in the rim to accommodate the wound sipper, is fitted in the upper compartment. An arm with a depending projection slidable on the bottom of the upper compartment is pivoted to the winder. A spring is provided in a case with an adjusting lid. A nozzle and guard provided to the sipper can be pulled out for sipping water from the thermos bottle and retracted with the unwinding of the spring.

Abstract: A safety cap for tightly closing a container having liquid radioactive iodine solution in it. The cap is provided with a pair of holes through which extend a pair of straws, each of the straws having an inner end in communication with the interior of the container. Each straw also has an outer end, one of which is insertable into the patient's mouth for drinking the liquid radioactive iodine solution in the container, and the other of which is insertable into a glass of water so that, after the patient has drunk most of the liquid radioactive iodine solution in the container, the residue of the solution in the bottle may be flushed out by forming a partial vacuum in the interior of the bottle, thereby causing the water in the glass to be drawn into the interior of the container to be mixed with the residue of the solution and, thereafter, to be drawn into the mouth and drunk by the patient.

Abstract: A portable thermos bottle with retractable suction tube comprising a case, a cup cover, an inner cover with a sliding slot, a slide block capable of sliding up and down on the sliding slot, a spiral reel fitted in the inner cover and having a helical groove, a projecting helical rib, an upper journal and a holed lower journal, two coiled springs fitted on the upper and lower journals, and a flexible sucker having one end coming out of the slide block and another extending through the lower journal hole into the bottle so that it is easier to suck the liquid or beverage in the bottle with the retractable suction tube.

Abstract: A children's drinking vessel for mounting on a fixed member in a vehicle and including a container to which a flexible drinking straw is disconnectably mounted thereon, the drinking straw being stored in a non-use position in encircling relation around the container and being movable to an extended position relative to the container, wherein the outer end of the straw is free for being received in the mouth of a child user, the container being prevented from tipping as mounted on the fixed member in the vehicle, while the child user drinks the fluid in the container through the extended drinking straw.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new model packing device for ice cream which composed of an inner cup, an outer cup, and a sucker-scoop with the functions of ice cream-scooping and water-sucking. The outer cup for containing water accommodates the inner cup for ice cream, with suitable clearance between the two said cups to store cold water and to receive the said sucker-scoop. In use of the said sucker-scoop can scoop the ice cream as well as suck water, after enjoying ice cream, not only to satisfy thirst but clean the mouth cavity. More than this, cold water between the two said cups has the effect to extend dissolution time of the ice cream contained in the inner cup.

Abstract: A drinking cup and cover with a straw assembly seated in the cover; a fixed straw piece extends from the cover to the bottom of the cup and a movable straw piece of the assembly extends upwardly from a hole in the cup's cover and is pivotally and sealably attached thereto so as to permit pivoting of the straw with respect to the cover.

Abstract: A straw-equipped liquid drink container comprising a flexible straw accommodated in the container in such a manner that upon removal of the seal cover of the container, one end portion of the straw may spring out of the container by the force of a spring acting on the straw in the container to thus enable one to drink the liquid quickly and very easily.

Abstract: A beverage container has an internal vertical tube joined to an upper part of the container. An external L-shaped tube has one end interconnected to the container top in alignment with the internal vertical tube. The L-shaped tube can be rotated so that in one position the L-shaped tube overlaps the cover in a storage position and in a second position part of the L-shaped tube extends outwardly of the container for drinking. In the stored position, a porthole in the L-shaped tube is non-aligned with a porthole in the container. The portholes align when the L-shaped tube is rotated for drinking.

Abstract: In combination, the Construction of a hollow container having cylindrically shaped side wall, a bottom, and a top internally threaded opening, a solid externally threaded closure cap having a top surface centrally mounted raised finger turning area and a tube opening located through the top, outer threaded perimeter area that extends downwardly and diagonally through said cap's bottom surface at the central area of said cap wherein said cap's hole area will house the top end area of a flexible drinking tube wherein said bent tensed tube will spring-out of said container and cap hole for use when said cap is partly removed.

Abstract: A container for a potable liquid in the form of an elongated cylinder having a screw cap with two holes secured to the top of the cylinder. The cylinder is double walled and includes an insulating material disposed between the two walls. A drinking straw passes from the liquid through one of the holes, forms a loop outside the container, and the outer end of the straw is insertable into the second hole. An annular sealing ring is provided in each hole so that the straw fits snugly in the two holes in a manner such that the loop can serve as a handle for carrying the container.

Abstract: A drinking straw formed with a flexible corrugated intermediate section is fixed to a flat flexible tab adjacent the intermediate section, which tab may be bonded between the sealing flaps of a paper container with the straw held inside the container. Alternatively, the tab may be fixed between a seal disc and a closure cap of a bottle or can so that the straw may be suspended, in folded array inside of the bottle or can prior to use.

Abstract: A container for a potable liquid in the form of an elongated cylinder provided with two holes in the top thereof. A drinking straw passes from the liquid through one of the holes, forms a loop outside the container, and the outer end of the straw is insertable into the second hole. The straw fits snugly in the two holes in a manner such that the loop can serve as a handle for carrying the container.