Beverage container lid

Description

FIG. 1 is a top left front perspective view of a beverage container lid showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan vew thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof; the right side elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for a beverage container lid, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Demore; Anthony (Copley, OH)
Assignee:	Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Appl. No.:	D/081,494
Filed:	January 5, 1998

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Current U.S. Class:	D7/392.1; D7/392
Current International Class:	0799
Field of Search:	;D7/391,392,392.1,601,602,608,538,541,542,510,511,396.2,612,321,313 ;D9/503,435,440,445,446,447,454,443 ;220/711,713,254

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Page 100, Lid for beverage container; "Good Housekeeping", magazine. Publication date Jan., 1997. . Pp. 3 and 25, Lids for beverage container; Tupperware Home Parties, 2211 Sanders Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062. Publication date Fall 1993. . Catalog page, Lids for beverage container; Anchor Hocking Plastics, The Newell Group, P. O. Box 64610, St. Paul, Minnesota 55164. Published at least as early as 1993. . Packaging, Lid for beverage container; Anchor Hocking Plastics, The Newell Group, P. O. Box 64610, St. Paul, Minnesota 55164. Published at least as early as 1994. . Page 13, Lids for beverage container; Curver, Takkebijsters 75, Postbus 6810, 4802 HV Breda, The Netherlands. Published at least as early as 1992. . Page 20, Lids for beverage container; Dupol-Rubbermaid, GmbH, An der Trift 63, D06072 Drieieich, West Germany. Publication date 1989..

Primary Examiner: Pandozzi; M. N.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: O'Planick; Richard B.