Disclosed is a reusable combination corrugated drinking straw and whistle. The drinking straw has an elongated tubular body with a fluid passage running therethrough. The tubular body is manufactured from metal (e.g., stainless steel) and has a plurality of corrugations extending radially outward therefrom. The tubular body is flexible and adapted to be bent so as to enable a user of the corrugated drinking straw to sip a beverage from a cup or the like. The corrugated drinking straw can also be used to produce an audible whistling sound when it is removed from the cup. The whistling sound is achieved when the user blows his breath against a blowing end of the drinking straw that is cut through one of the corrugations that extends radially outward from the tubular body. In this case, the corrugated drinking straw is wider at its blowing end than at the tubular body thereof.

An apparatus can include a generally planar portion approximately in a plane. The apparatus can also include a lip portion extending in a direction generally orthogonal to the plane. The generally planar portion is joined to the lip portion at a circumferential edge of the generally planar portion to form a cover for a beverage container. Likewise, a method can include providing contact information on a disposable cover adapted to cover a beverage container. The contact information is not necessarily provided by the manufacturer of the beverage or beverage container. The method can also include receiving contact from a user of the disposable cover. The method can further include coordinating the delivery of a service to the user of the disposable cover responsive to the contact received from the user.

The headrest is a table top pillow. The headrest is self-supporting structure that supports the head of a user in such a manner that a user may lie face down in the headrest. The headrest provides support for the face of the user. The headrest incorporates passages that allow for breathing while lying face down. The headrest is suitable for domestic and medical uses. The headrest comprises a base, a first pad, and a second pad. The first pad and the second pad are mounted on the base.

A set of animated meals for a toddler comprising the cooperation of a connected spoon (C) and a figurine (F) housing a mobile phone characterized in that the spoon consists of a handle (M) and a removable head (T) adaptable to the handle (M), the handle (M) houses an electronic card (16) powered by a battery, a processing chip, a wireless link transmitter which communicates with a remote application on a mobile phone, two action buttons (17A, 17B) that trigger action commands, A and B, by the wireless link to the mobile application of a mobile phone, an ignition button (15) which puts the electronic card in tension or off, the physical figurine (F) represents a character (P) held by two complementary snap closure straps (Sa, Sb) which surround the mobile phone and cover the surface of the mobile phone screen, the figurine (F) is made in a translucent elastic material, it includes reliefs, transparencies, holes (30), the action orders A and B trigger visual animations (40) on the screen and/or sound by the telephone speaker mobile.

A double walled illuminated vessel for displaying indicia comprising an outer sleeve, an inner liner, a lens, a transparent or translucent connection ring, a base and an illumination module adapted to be inserted into the base whereby the base and connection ring are connected to each other creating a base illumination unit. Light from the illumination module passes through the hollow space between the outer sleeve and the inner liner such that the lens bearing indicia is illuminated thus prominently displaying any desired graphic, logo, design, trademark, symbol, letter, number or any other indicia. The connection ring transmits and diffuses light through the inner liner and upper rim as well as the sidewall of the connection ring. The base illumination unit is removable from the outer sleeve and can be used as an independent light source by a user. Additionally, the illumination module is rechargeable in one embodiment and can provide an adequate charge to a mobile device

An intelligent measurement cup comprises a cup body and a cup cover with an electronic module. The electronic module comprises a battery, a main control circuit board electrically connected to the battery, and a laser detection unit electrically connected to the main control circuit board. The laser detection unit comprises a laser probe and a transparent shielding sheet positioned to face the cup body. The cup cover has a corresponding through hole aligned with the laser probe to allow its light to pass through. The emitted laser is configured to penetrate the shielding sheet and scatter into the cup body, to thereby generate sufficient feedback photons. The spectra reflected back through different emission media are different, therefore, the conditions of a liquid, conditions comprising the remaining amount, the type, whether the liquid has deteriorated, etc., in the cup body can be accurately detected.

The embodiments disclose an attachable battery base module configured for powering at least one attachable application module coupled to the attachable battery base module, wherein the attachable battery base is configured for powering the at least one attachable application module, a heating module attachment with a temperature control module coupled to the attachable battery base module configured for heating and/or boiling a liquid, a cooling module attachment with the temperature control module coupled to the attachable battery base module configured for cooling a liquid and wherein the temperature control module includes a temperature maintenance mode, wherein the temperature maintenance mode is configured for maintaining a preset, predefined or user preselected desired temperature when the desired temperature is reached.

A mobile computer device comprising a front, a back, and at least two sides. The device comprises a touch screen in the front display. The sides connect the front surface to the back surface. The mobile device comprises a side touch sensor disposed in at least one of the two sides. The mobile device also comprises a proximity sensor that senses heat, a processor, and a computer memory. The computer memory may have executable instructions for the processor that comprise activating the side touch sensor when the proximity sensor senses heat above a threshold.

A mirror system having a housing, a mirror mounted on the housing, a light system, a sound system mounted on or in the housing, the sound system including a wireless receiver and at least one speaker to output sound, a speaker enclosure for each speaker, the speaker enclosure including a speaker housing having a mounting surface suitable for mounting the at least one speaker in the interior of the speaker housing, an opening in the mounting surface that enables sound to pass from the front of the at least one speaker to outside the speaker housing, a series of sound baffles formed in the speaker housing that define a passageway having a first passage opening that communicates with the exterior of the speaker housing and a second passage opening that communicates with the back of the at least one speaker and provides fluid communication with the exterior of the speaker housing through the first passage opening.

Disclosed herein is a functional pillow. The functional pillow includes a back head placement part formed of a material with a predetermined shape and thickness and allowing the back of a user's head to be placed on an upper surface thereof when the user lies on the back; a pair of core parts coupled to the back head placement part, defining a space, into which an user's arm is allowed to be inserted, under both ends thereof, and configured to support a user's face on an upper surface thereof when the user lies on the side while the back of the user's head is placed on the back head placement part; a cervical vertebra support part coupled to the back head placement part, and protruding with an inclination from the back head placement part to support the cervical vertebra; and a pair of wing parts formed to be coupled to the pair of core parts and the cervical vertebra support part, formed to be upwardly bent with an inclination, and defining a space, into which user's shoulder is allowed to be inserted, thereunder.