A leak resistant lid assembly for a beverage container where the lid assembly has a straw or similar means for a user to drink liquid is disclosed. The lid assembly may include a base, a straw that extends through the base, a gasket, and a grommet. The base may have a primary opening that receives the straw and a secondary opening in the top of the base, where the secondary opening acts as a vent to prevent a vacuum from occurring when drinking from a straw. The grommet may have a spiral ring may help create a flow path for air from inside the beverage container to the exterior environment.

A developmental drinking cup and training straw and method for developmental drinking stages is presented. A first stage presents an open-topped tiny cup, having a small volume, whereby a toddler's eye-hand and hand-to-mouth coordination is promoted while encouraging head-forward drinking which lessens choking and reinforces a strong swallow reflex. Once mastery of the initial stage is attained, an open-topped mini cup is presented, having twice the capacity of the tiny cup, to reinforce the developmental drinking promoted in the initial stage. A third and fourth stage present the mini cup in use with a training straw which inverts to present a second end after use with the first end has been mastered. Eye-hand and hand-to-mouth coordination and head-forward drinking is developed while generating confidence with independent drinking without sippy cups or spouted vessels which are known to impact speech development.

A recyclable or reusable assembly is described. The assembly includes a lid having a first side disposed opposite a second side that engages an opening of a container and a hole extending through a width of the lid. A corrugated flex pipe configured straw fully extendable for use of the assembly is configured to collapse on itself in a telescoping movement and has a first and a second portion. A second side of the first portion engages the hole on the first side of the lid and a second side of the second portion engages the hole on the second side of the lid. A first sealing plug is affixed to the first side of the first portion of the straw and a second sealing plug is affixed to the first side of the second portion of the straw to seal an inside of the straw.

The system may include a bottle to contain a liquid, a drinking tube, and a bottle adapter. The bottle adapter may couple to the bottle to position the drinking tube within the bottle. The bottle adapter may include a body, an aperture, an engagement interface, a central channel, and a vent structure. The body may have a cylindrical geometry. The aperture is disposed at an end of the body and sized to receive the drinking tube to allow the drinking tube to pass through the bottle adapter. The engagement interface is disposed at another end of the body opposite the aperture to couple the bottle adapter to the bottle. The central channel extends through the bottle adapter along a central axis of the body. The vent structure is formed in the body to intake air into the central channel along an exterior of the drinking tube within the bottle adapter.

A composite sealing film, which includes: a layer of base film for being heat sealed onto a periphery of an opening of a beverage cup, the layer of base film having a through hole at a position thereon for being adjacent to the periphery of the opening of the beverage cup, where the layer of base film includes a stacked structure of at least a sealing layer and a surface layer; and a covering sheet, which is re-adherable by having an adhesive on a bottom surface thereof and has one end fastened to the layer of base film on one side of the through hole, whereby the covering sheet can be repeatedly opened and adhered to the layer of base film to enable a user to expose the through hole or close the through hole according to the user's need.

A two-handed scissor-action grasping implement has a pair of clasping paddles connected to the distal ends of a pair of arms, which are pivotally connected to each other through a central pivot. The proximal ends of the arms are pressed together in order to press the clasping paddles together in a scissoring action in order to gather debris between the clasping paddles. A plurality of protrusions connected to the clasping paddles aid in capturing debris between them. The clasping paddles are oriented at inward angles relative to the arms so that the clasping paddles are flush with each other when pressed together. A forward angle of the clasping paddles may be selected by the user through a pair of fastening mechanisms through which the clasping paddles are connected to the arms. The clasping paddles may include a specified angle at one or more corners to conform to street curbs.

A standing straw device for use with a glass. The standing straw device comprises a straw component, a sidewall component, and a circular base component. The sidewall component is shaped to substantially conform to and releasably adhere to an interior sidewall of the glass when the glass is filled with liquid. The straw component is integrated into the sidewall component so that it does not move when the sidewall component is in place within the glass. The circular base component extends from a bottom of the sidewall component and is configured to press against a bottom of the glass to further keep the standing straw device in place.

A mug lid apparatus comprises a base cylindrical body having a primary base hallow opening in the center and a secondary base hallow opening situated along the perimeter of the cylindrical body opposite to the primary base hallow opening. The top cylindrical body is attached to the base cylindrical body. The top secondary hallow opening is situated along the perimeter of said top cylindrical body. The top cylindrical body is rotational against the base cylindrical body. When the primary base hallow opening is aligned to the primary top hallow opening, the secondary base hallow opening is not aligned to the top secondary hallow opening.

Provided is an assembly that includes a container with an opening for holding a volume of a liquid, a lid, and a connector attaching the container and the lid. Such an assembly can be used as a beverage container with an attached lid. Provided are methods of using such an assembly, such as by placing a liquid into the container and moving the lid so that it covers the opening. Provided are methods of making the assembly, such as by forming it as a single piece. The assemblies can be dimensioned such that can be placed adjacent to one another in a packaging while also occupying a minimum amount of space.

A lid assembly for a beverage container is provided. The lid assembly has a lid base, a mouthpiece and a lid dome. The mouthpiece is connected to the lid base and has a first end having a generally flat surface that is provided at an angle to the top surface of the lid base, a second end adapted to receive a straw, and a drink aperture therethrough. The lid dome is pivotally connected to the lid base and pivots between an open position and a closed position. The lid dome has a protrusion that extends from an inner surface of the lid dome. The protrusion has a seal surface at an angle to the top wall to seal against the first end of the mouthpiece to close the drink aperture when the lid dome is in the closed position.