Drinking element with passage for cooperation with a beverage container

[0062] In this specification, the same or corresponding parts have the same or corresponding reference numerals. In each of the embodiments shown, the beverage container is shown as a plastic bottle, such as a blown beverage bottle made of PET, on which a drinking element according to the present invention may be used. However, it is entirely clear that different types of beverage containers can also be used, eg made of different materials and / or of different shapes. As a means of fixing, each shows a thread on the neck of the neck. However, it is of course possible to choose different fixing methods in the present invention.

[0063] Figure 1A A drinking element 1 is shown with a coupling portion 2 and an engagement portion 3 for the mouth of a user (not shown). The coupling part 2 has a plurality of contact flanks 4 of different diameters, so that the coupling part 2 can cooperate with openings of different sizes. Between the engaging part 3 and the coupling part 2 there