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The invention provides an improved packaging system for beverages, the system comprising a beverage container having an integral straw permitting automatic emergence of the straw when a pull tab is separated from the container. In one embodied form, the flexible, resilient straw is held internally w

The invention provides an improved packaging system for beverages, the system comprising a beverage container having an integral straw permitting automatic emergence of the straw when a pull tab is separated from the container. In one embodied form, the flexible, resilient straw is held internally within the container by a retaining collar member which is suitably secured to the underside of the pull tab to hold the straw in a deformed condition when the pull tab is not yet separated from the container. In a preferred embodied form, the straw comprises an upper corrugated portion to permit prescribed resiliency and adjustment of length when internally positioned within the container. Accordingly, the present invention provides a unique convenient packaging system for beverages which enhances safety and hygienic features of conventional pull tab beverage containers at a relatively modest production cost.

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An improved packaging system for beverages, the system comprising a beverage container having, at a top portion, a pull tab and a pull ring; said pull tab and pull ring being joined by anchoring means; wherein when separated along the weakened seam said ring cooperates with said tab to produce a dri

An improved packaging system for beverages, the system comprising a beverage container having, at a top portion, a pull tab and a pull ring; said pull tab and pull ring being joined by anchoring means; wherein when separated along the weakened seam said ring cooperates with said tab to produce a drinking opening in said container top portion; an integral, flexible, resilient, tubular drinking straw disposed internally of said beverage container; and a resilient collar member disposed on the underside of said tab for holding said drinking straw in a deformed condition internally of said container when said pull tab is not separated from said container top portion; said collar member comprising a top collar portion which is received and joined within a hollow disposed in the underside of said anchoring means, said collar member further comprising two resilient legs to surround a majority of the circumferential surface of said tubular drinking straw except for a minor portion sufficient to enable said drinking straw to slip therethrough; said retaining collar member being of a diameter sufficient to receive and to substantially envelope an upper portion of said drinking straw when threaded through said collar member; wherein said retaining collar member cooperates with said drinking straw to hold said straw in a deformed condition when said pull tab is not separated from said container top portion and causes automatic emergence of said drinking straw when said pull tab is separated from said container top portion.