US 12,082,726 B2
Methods of cleaning a drinking hose (straw)
Ilan Daniel Adir, Palm Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Ilan Daniel Adir, Palm Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,302.
Application 17/968,302 is a division of application No. 17/322,016, filed on May 17, 2021.
Application 17/322,016 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/997,078, filed on Aug. 19, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/948,518, filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044899 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 21/18 (2006.01); B08B 9/027 (2006.01); B08B 11/00 (2006.01); E03B 1/04 (2006.01); E03B 11/02 (2006.01); F16L 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 21/18 (2013.01) [B08B 9/027 (2013.01); E03B 1/04 (2013.01); E03B 11/02 (2013.01); F16L 11/04 (2013.01); A47G 21/186 (2013.01); B08B 11/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of cleaning a drinking straw, the method comprising:
applying an external force to the drinking straw such that internal projections arranged along an inner surface of the drinking straw are brought into engagement with each other and spaces therebetween to thereby loosen and/or remove contaminants from the drinking straw.