	US 12,226,033 B2
	Super biodegradable straws and method for making the same
Alan Richard Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Alan Richard Greenberg, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/218,053.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/003,630, filed on Apr. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345803 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A47G 21/18 (2006.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B29C 48/09 (2019.01); B29D 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 1/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); C08L 97/02 (2006.01); C09J 105/00 (2006.01); C09J 191/06 (2006.01)

CPC A47G 21/18 (2013.01) [B29C 48/022 (2019.02); B29C 48/09 (2019.02); B29D 23/00 (2013.01); C08L 97/02 (2013.01); C09J 105/00 (2013.01); C09J 191/06 (2013.01); B29K 2001/00 (2013.01); B29K 2003/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0038 (2013.01); B29K 2995/006 (2013.01); C08L 2201/06 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A disposable drinking straw comprised of a biodegradable material formed by an elongated tubular body suitable for allowing a user to use said straw for consuming a beverage, and wherein said elongated tubular body is formed from corn stalk-based ingredients, and comprised in part of a wax byproduct formed during an oil distillation process whereby oil waxes and lipids undergo a process of winterization and the resulting wax byproduct is combined with a stearin, a hardener, and a plasticizer to create the biodegradable material.