US20120160928A1

US20120160928A1 - Sliding straw with solid food

Info

Publication number: US20120160928A1
Application number: US13/140,552
Authority: US
Inventors: Je-Bok Jo
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2008-12-17
Filing date: 2008-12-17
Publication date: 2012-06-28
Also published as: WO2010071246A1; JP2012511991A; CN102245063A

Abstract

Disclosed therein is a sliding straw with solid food including: 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).

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

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 watertightness; and water-soluble or dispersible solid food 300 inserted into a lower end portion of the outer straw 100.

BACKGROUND ART

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.
Furthermore, since most of beverages sold in fast-food restaurants are soft drinks, excessive intake of the beverages may cause various adult diseases including obesity.
Accordingly, in order to neutralize the effects of poison of fast food or carbonated drinks and maintain a nutritional balance, it is preferable to additionally take foods containing Green tea ingredients or health food supplements, such as vitamin, chitosan, red ginseng, calcium, selenium, lactobacillious, and so on. However, additionally taking such Green tea ingredients or health food supplements is cumbersome, and hence, it is very difficult to take the Green tea ingredients or health food supplements right if a user does not make a great and constant effort.
Therefore, there are demands of means to aid intake of the Green tea ingredients or health food supplements by dissolving or dispersing the Green tea ingredients, health food supplements or various kinds of foods, which the user wants to take, in a solvent or dispersion medium, and as one of the means, a solution to use a straw has been sought for.

DISCLOSURE

Technical Problem

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior arts
It is an object of the present invention to provide a sliding straw with solid food, which can store water-soluble or dispersible solid food therein, so that a user can take the solid food together with solution by dissolving and dispersing the solid food in a solvent or a dispersion medium if necessary.
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.

Technical Solution

To achieve the above objects, 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.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

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 130 and the inner straw 200 includes an inner bellows 230.

EXPLANATION OF ESSENTIAL REFERENCE NUMERALS IN DRAWINGS

- 100: outer straw
- 110: lower stopper
- 120: upper stopper
- 130: outer bellows
- 200: inner straw
- 210: storage portion
- 220: spoon shape
- 230: inner bellows
- 300: solid food

MODE FOR INVENTION

Reference will be now made in detail to the preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the attached drawings.
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. When 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.
In other words, the outer straw 100 and the inner straw 200 are slidably joined together in a state where they keep watertightness.
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.
Here, there is no special restriction in the used solvent or dispersion medium, and generally, drinkable water or various kinds of beverages may be used for the solvent or dispersion medium.
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.
In detail, 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.
As shown in FIG. 1, 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.
Furthermore, the upper end portion of the inner straw 200 projects a predetermined distance from the upper end portion of the outer straw 100.
Accordingly, when the upper end portion of the projecting inner straw 200 is pushed into the outer straw 100, the lower end portion of the inner straw 200 pushes the solid food 300 out of the outer straw 100, and the pushed solid food 300 can be dissolved or dispersed in the solvent or dispersion medium.
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.
As shown in FIG. 1, 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.
In the above state, when the upper stopper 120 is pressed down, while descending along the outer circumferential surface of the upper end portion of the outer straw 100, the upper stopper 120 pushes the upper end portion of the inner straw 200 accommodated therein into the upper end portion of the outer straw 100.
In case that the lower stopper 110 and the upper stopper 120 are constructed as described above, the user can take the solid food 300 as follows.
First, when the user presses the upper stopper 120 after removing the lower stopper 110, 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. When the solid food 300 is separated and discharged from 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 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.
When a plurality of the storage portions 210 are disposed in order, 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.
For instance, in case where the solid food 300 is coffee solid and sugar powder is stored in the storage portion 210, when the upper end portion of the inner straw 200 is pushed into the upper end portion of the outer straw 100, 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.
According to circumstances, 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.
For instance, in case where the solid food 300 is coffee solid and sugar powder and cream powder are respectively stored in the storage portions 210, 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.
As described above, in case where the lower end portion of the inner straw 200 is exposed to the lower end portion of the outer straw 100 and stretched out into a spoon shape 220, the solid food 300 or the powder or granules stored in the storage portions 210 can be dissolved or dispersed more rapidly and conveniently.
FIG. 4 is a view showing a state where an outer straw 100 includes an outer bellows 130 and 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. When the straw is used, 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.
While the invention has been described with reference to particular matters, limited embodiments and drawings, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed since the embodiments are disclosed in the present invention for better understanding of the present invention, but various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the scope of the invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

Technical effects of the present invention having the above described structure are as follows.
First, 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.
In other words, only by pressing the upper end portion of the inner straw 200, 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.
Second, since 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.
That is to say, in case where the solid food 300 is coffee solid and sugar powder is stored in the storage portion 210, when the upper end portion of the inner straw 200 is pushed into the upper end portion of the outer straw 100, 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. According to circumstances, 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.
Third, 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.
In other words, in case where the user drinks carbonated drink, Green tea solid stored in the straw is dispersed in the carbonated drink, and hence, the user drinks the carbonated drink in which the Green tea solid is dispersed, whereby the present invention can neutralize poison of the carbonated drink and maintain the nutritional balance.

Claims

1. 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).

2. The sliding straw according to claim 1, further comprising a cylindrical lower stopper (110) fit onto an outer circumferential surface of the lower end portion of the outer straw (100).

3. The sliding straw according to claim 1, further comprising a cylindrical upper stopper (120) accommodating the upper end portion of the inner straw (200) projecting over the upper end portion of the outer straw (100) and being fit onto an outer circumferential surface of the upper end portion of the outer straw (100).

4. The sliding straw according to one of claim 3, wherein the inner straw (200) further comprises storage portions (210) formed in such a way that an outer circumferential surface of the lower end portion of the inner straw (200) is inwardly hollowed toward a central axis of the inner straw (200), each of the storage portions (210) storing water-soluble or dispersible powder or granules therein.

5. The sliding straw according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of the storage portions (210) are disposed in order, and 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).

6. The sliding straw according to claim 4, wherein the lower end portion of the inner straw (200) is spread into a spoon shape (220) when a side of the outer circumferential surface thereof is cut and exposed out of the lower end portion of the outer straw (100).

7. The sliding straw according to one of claim 3, wherein the outer straw (100) comprises an outer bellows (130) at a predetermined region thereof, and the inner straw (200) comprises an inner bellows (230) formed at a region thereof 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) projecting below the maximum vertically movable height of the region of the outer bellows (130) formed on the outer straw (100).

8. The sliding straw according to one of claim 3, wherein the solid food (300) contains 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.

9. The sliding straw according to one of claim 2, wherein the inner straw (200) further comprises storage portions (210) formed in such a way that an outer circumferential surface of the lower end portion of the inner straw (200) is inwardly hollowed toward a central axis of the inner straw (200), each of the storage portions (210) storing water-soluble or dispersible powder or granules therein.

10. The sliding straw according to claim 9, wherein a plurality of the storage portions (210) are disposed in order, and 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).

11. The sliding straw according to claim 9, wherein the lower end portion of the inner straw (200) is spread into a spoon shape (220) when a side of the outer circumferential surface thereof is cut and exposed out of the lower end portion of the outer straw (100).

12. The sliding straw according to one of claim 2, wherein the outer straw (100) comprises an outer bellows (130) at a predetermined region thereof, and the inner straw (200) comprises an inner bellows (230) formed at a region thereof 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) projecting below the maximum vertically movable height of the region of the outer bellows (130) formed on the outer straw (100).

13. The sliding straw according to one of claim 2, wherein the solid food (300) contains 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.

14. The sliding straw according to one of claim 1, wherein the inner straw (200) further comprises storage portions (210) formed in such a way that an outer circumferential surface of the lower end portion of the inner straw (200) is inwardly hollowed toward a central axis of the inner straw (200), each of the storage portions (210) storing water-soluble or dispersible powder or granules therein.

15. The sliding straw according to claim 14, wherein a plurality of the storage portions (210) are disposed in order, and 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).

16. The sliding straw according to claim 14, wherein the lower end portion of the inner straw (200) is spread into a spoon shape (220) when a side of the outer circumferential surface thereof is cut and exposed out of the lower end portion of the outer straw (100).

17. The sliding straw according to one of claim 1, wherein the outer straw (100) comprises an outer bellows (130) at a predetermined region thereof, and the inner straw (200) comprises an inner bellows (230) formed at a region thereof 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) projecting below the maximum vertically movable height of the region of the outer bellows (130) formed on the outer straw (100).

18. The sliding straw according to one of claim 1, wherein the solid food (300) contains 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.