An insulated container includes a double-walled structure having a closed end, an open end, and a side wall extending from the closed end to the open end. The side wall and the closed end of the insulated container together form a hollow interior. A glass structure may be arranged within the hollow interior. The glass structure includes a body having an open upper end and a closed base end. According to an aspect, the insulated container includes a cover having a sipping portion. According to an aspect, the glass structure includes a sipping portion protruding from the double-walled structure, and a collar is positioned over the sipping portion of the glass structure.

A method of manufacturing a bendable paper straw and a paper straw made in accordance with the method, the method including the steps, in any convenient order, of coating plies of flexible material, such as paper, with a generally liquid adhesive, such as food grade glue, forming on a mandrel having a generally smooth outer surface a tube composed of a plurality of plies of such coated flexible material, such as helically-wound plies, if necessary, cutting the tube into lengths suitable for forming finished straws, and before the adhesive has set, mounting the or each tube on a respective mandrel having a smooth outer surface and thereafter forming a series of generally concentric grooves on the outside the tube, such as by rolling, pressing or crimping the grooves, and thereafter moving one end of the tube towards the other end along its major axis, such as by pushing or pulling, whereby to axially compress the series of grooves to form a set of annular corrugations, and thereafter allowing the adhesive to set, whereby to form a straw bendable around the corrugated region into a temporarily deformed shape.

A system and method of creating tableware includes blending wood particles with plastic to create a wood and plastic blend. The wood and plastic blend is then pressure injected into a mold to create a wood and plastic blend tableware. The wood and plastic blend tableware is then removed from the mold.

A system and method for meeting market demand for better constructible utensils. A deformable sheet defines a handle and an operational element in which one or more scores, both straight and curved, are cooperatively provided on the sheet. The one or more scores enable deformation of the handle and/or operational element(s) to convert the structure into a strong, sturdy, and functional implement sufficient to meet the required application.

A malleable handle for use in conjunction with a cooking device (or integral to the cooking device) may include an outer surface adapted to conform to a user's hand(s) during use. A user may grasp the malleable handle with his/her hand(s) and the pressure from the user's grip may deform the malleable handle thereby creating an ergonomically-shaped handle customized to the user's hand(s).

A container comprising a body having an annular side wall on a base, an internal channel within the side wall, and a metal ring disposed within the channel. The container is a flexible material.

A paper straw 10 is comprised of an elongated paper tube 30 and a bending structure 20 composed in the tube 30. The bending structure 20 is comprised of a plural stiff part 21 and a plural soft part 22 alternately turn around thereof and make a tubular form. The paper tube is made from paper or the material made from plant. The stiff part 21 may have a large thickness and the soft part 22 may have a smaller thickness.

A multifunctional environmentally-friendly straw structure comprising a first main body and a second main body, a first opening portion is formed at one side of the first main body, the second main body is correspondingly combined with the first main body, a second opening portion is formed at one side of the second main body, and the second opening portion and the first opening portion are correspondingly disposed and collectively define a circulation space.

An environmentally-friendly straw improved structure comprises a tube, at least one joint portion, and at least one combination portion. The tube is curlily formed by a sheet-like flexible member, the flexible member has an upper surface and a lower surface, a first side edge and a second side edge are respectively formed at two sides of the upper surface, and a third side edge and a fourth side edge are respectively formed at two sides of the lower surface. A hollow portion is correspondingly formed inside the tube. The joint portion is correspondingly formed at the first side edge of the upper surface. The combination portion is correspondingly formed at the fourth side edge of the lower surface. The combination portion is snapped with the joint portion to form the hollow portion for a fluid to pass through.

A disposable degradable drinking straw made of chitin contains water-activated degrading enzymes. Initially in inactive lyophilized (dry) form, the enzymes upon exposure to ambient water in environment degrade chitin-based drinking straw to chitosan, a benign compound.