A drinking cup of impregnated paper or similar material in which the side wall element includes additional material at one vertical edge thereof which is folded upon itself to form a drinking straw extending from the bottom of the interior of the cup to a level above the upper rim of the cup. The straw is foldable within a slot in the cup when not in use to enable the cup to be closed by a lid. The lid is provided with an opening which permits the straw to be erected to operative condition and the contents of the cup consumed without removing the lid.

A beverage container with concealed straw, particularly a container which can have a straw exposed by lifting of a sealing tape for suction of the beverage, comprising mainly a straw placed in the container, and a sealing tape above the straw for concealing the straw in the container so that by lifting of the sealing tape, the straw can be pulled up for suction and ingesting of liquid from the container.

A lid for a drinking cup having a bottom and a sidewall extending generally upwardly from the bottom, the sidewall including an upper edge and an inner surface, the lid comprising a base, a rim which depends from the periphery of the base and which includes a constriction for removably connecting the base to the cup over the upper edge, a mouthpiece which extends generally upwardly from the base and which has a longitudinal hole formed therethrough, an elongated stem which depends generally downwardly from the base generally opposite the mouthpiece, the stem comprising two longitudinal side surfaces which are adapted to conform to the inner surface and a longitudinal channel formed between the side surfaces, wherein the channel communicates with the hole in the mouthpiece and, when the lid is secured to the cup, the side surfaces engage the inner surface to form a fluid passageway through which fluid in the cup may be extracted.

A beverage serving set comprising a drinking straw and beverage container combination wherein the drinking straw is L-shaped having long and short parts, and the container has a guiding structure for maintaining the long part vertical in the container and the short part parallel to the lid of the container. The long part is slidable and rotatable in the guiding structure which may be an adapter depending from the lid or a guiding tube attached to the container wall. A clip is provided on the lid to securely hold the short part of the straw for storage, and in addition a cap may be provided at the clip for capping the end of the short part of the straw.

Unitary beverage containers and methods of filling thereof are disclosed where the beverage container includes a main body and a filling conduit extending from the top thereof which is closed off after filling. In embodiments with a separate straw, an attaching mechanism removably attaches the distal end of the flexible straw to the top of main body and closes the aperture in the distal end. The attaching mechanism includes a short hollow bridge extending from the aperture which is broken during removal of the flexible straw to uncover the aperture prior to use. The hollow bridge is connected to a hollow chamber member which is otherwise isolated fluidly from the container volume. A concavity is provided at the top in which a mouthpiece at the distal end of the straw is received. In some preferred embodiments, the filling conduit extends from the top of the main body, and from adjacent the mouthpiece or from the mouthpiece itself. In another embodiment, the filling conduit acts as a beverage conduit and mouthpiece for both filling and ultimate drinking by the consumer. With this latter embodiment, the beverage conduit is inverted into the main body after filling and returned outside of the main body for drinking.