Edible straw

• US 20050260304A1
• Filed: 05/21/2004
• Published: 11/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jake Thompson Schaffer, Richard Joseph Schaffer
• Original Assignee: Jake Thompson Schaffer, Richard Joseph Schaffer
• Inventors: Schaffer, Jake Thompson, Schaffer, Richard Joseph
• Application Number:
  US10/851,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20050260304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/104
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 3/50 characterised by shape, structure or physical form, e.g. products with supported structure
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 4/18 characterised by shape, structure or physical form, e.g. aerated products
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 21/18 Drinking straws or the like as integral parts of drinking containers A47G19/2266; for therapeutic purposes A61J15/00 ; adapted to emerge from drinking containers when opened B65D77/283
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2400/105 Edible material

Abstract

The preferred embodiments of the invention include an edible straw with a first edible member and a second edible member. The preferred embodiments of the invention can be used to move liquid or particulate compositions from one container to another, such as moving a beverage from a glass into the mouth of the user.

Claims

1. An edible straw, comprising:

a first edible member; and

a second edible member, wherein said first edible member is coupled to said second edible member.

2. The edible straw of claim 1, wherein said first edible member is formed in a tubular shape;

and wherein said second edible member is formed in a tubular shape.

3. The edible straw of claim 2, wherein said first edible member is hard candy.

4. The edible straw of claim 3, wherein said second edible member is soft candy.

5. The edible straw of claim 2, wherein said first edible member and said second edible member are concentrically located.

6. The edible straw of claim 5, further comprising:

a third edible member formed in a tubular shape and coupled to said first edible member and said second edible member.

7. The edible straw of claim 6, wherein said first edible member, said second edible member, and said third edible member are concentrically located.

8. The edible straw of claim 7, wherein said second edible member is located within said first edible member;

and said third edible member is located within said second edible member.

9. The edible straw of claim 8, wherein said first edible member is hard candy.

10. The edible straw of claim 9, wherein said second edible member is soft candy.

11. The edible straw of claim 10, wherein said third edible member is hard candy.

12. The edible straw of claim 5, wherein said second edible member is encapsulated by said first edible member.

13. The edible straw of claim 12, wherein said first edible member is hard candy.

14. The edible straw of claim 13, wherein said second edible member is soft candy.

15. The edible straw of claim 1, wherein said first edible member and said second edible member cooperatively form a rigid structure.

16. The edible straw of claim 15, wherein said first edible member is hard candy.

17. The edible straw of claim 16, wherein said second edible member is soft candy.

18. The edible straw of claim 15, wherein said first edible member has an end, said second edible member has an end, and said first edible member and said second edible member are coupled to each other at these ends.

19. The edible straw of claim 15, wherein one of said first and second members has a C-shaped cross-section and the other of said first and second edible members has a complimentary-shaped cross-section.

20. The edible straw of claim 15, wherein said first edible member and said second edible member are concentrically located.

21. The edible straw of claim 20, further comprising:

a third edible member coupled to said rigid structure.

22. The edible straw of claim 21, wherein said third edible member and said rigid structure are concentrically located.

23. The edible straw of claim 22, wherein said third edible member is concentrically located within said rigid structure.

24. The edible straw of claim 21, wherein said first edible member is hard candy.

25. The edible straw of claim 24, wherein said second edible member is soft candy.

26. The edible straw of claim 25, wherein said third edible member is hard candy.