Drinking straw sleeve

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Description

The article in which the present design is embodied is generally a hollow, cylindrical tube with longitudinal slits in the drinking straw sleeve separating the top portion into a plurality of fanned-out extensions as evidenced in all Figures.

FIG. 1 is a horizontal perspective view of a drinking straw sleeve according to the present design.

FIG. 2 is a vertical perspective view of the drinking straw sleeve according to the present design.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the drinking straw sleeve when looking from the bottom of the drinking straw sleeve through to the top.

FIG. 4 is a top view of the drinking straw sleeve when looking from the top of the drinking straw sleeve through to the bottom; and,

FIG. 5 is a view of the drinking straw sleeve when utilized and affixed on a drinking straw to prevent the straw from being easily removed from a container lid.

The broken lines showing the drinking straw and the container lid are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

I claim the ornamental design for a drinking straw sleeve, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D603206
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 21, 2008
Date of Patent: Nov 3, 2009
Inventor: Jamie M. Wallace (Round Rock, TX)
Primary Examiner: Holly H Baynham
Assistant Examiner: Cynthia M Chin
Attorney: Scheinberg & Griner, LLP
Application Number: 29/326,609
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/300.2