Apparatus and method for regulation of fluid flow from a straw
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[0038]Referring now to the drawings, FIGS. 1-7 disclose modes of the device herein described and disclosed for regulating fluid velocity and volume when exiting a straw to a user's mouth.
[0039]In one preferred mode of the device 10 depicted in FIG. 1, with the device 10 disposed in a straw 12 during extrusion of the straw 12, an inexpensive and disposable means to regulate fluid velocity and maximum volume exiting a straw 12 is depicted. Because it is inexpensive to manufacture and install within the straw 12 during extrusion, the device 10 and straw 12 may be disposed once used and replaced to mitigate hygiene and sterility problems that occur with permanent devices for this purpose that collect food and germs thereon.
[0040]The straw 12 in all modes in which the device 10 is employed, has an axial passage 14 communicating therethrough in a conventional fashion from a lower end of the straw to the distal end, which would be engaged by the user's mouth. The device provides a restrict...
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