U.S. patent number D514,884 [Application Number D/217,996] was granted by the patent office on 2006-02-14 for ergonomic disposable cup.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Solo Cup Company. Invention is credited to Brian C. Bone, Rudy DesChamps, Randy Golden, Kimberly Vaile Healy, Irshad Khan, John H. Loudenslager, Bryce C. Rutter, Kevin Ray Smith, Stephen Alan Smith, Jan Rolf Stillerman, Warren Giles Wiedmeyer.
United States Patent |
D514,884 |
Smith , et al. |
February 14, 2006 |
Ergonomic disposable cup
Claims
CLAIM We claim the ornamental Design for an ergonomic disposable
cup, as shown and described.
Inventors: |
Smith; Stephen Alan
(Naperville, IL), Smith; Kevin Ray (Round Lake Beach,
IL), Wiedmeyer; Warren Giles (Trevor, WI), Healy;
Kimberly Vaile (Chicago, IL), Golden; Randy (Ada,
OK), DesChamps; Rudy (Mahomet, IL), Khan; Irshad
(Round Lake Beach, IL), Rutter; Bryce C. (St. Louis, MO),
Bone; Brian C. (St. Louis, MO), Loudenslager; John H.
(Phoenix, AZ), Stillerman; Jan Rolf (Phoenix, AZ) |
Assignee: |
Solo Cup Company (Highland
Park, IL)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/217,996 |
Filed: |
November 23, 2004 |
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Issue Date |
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29194964 |
Dec 3, 2003 |
D505830 |
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10676807 |
Oct 1, 2003 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D7/509;
D7/531 |
Current International
Class: |
0701 |
Field of
Search: |
;D7/532,531,523,507,509,392.1,396.1,396.2,629,615,530
;D9/429,556,557 ;222/129,465.1 ;426/394,86 ;428/36.4
;206/520,519,217,514 ;366/341 ;215/373,384
;220/705,676,738,671,675,669,694,735 ;229/403,400,402,401
;53/426 |
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Other References
Communication from the European Patent Office transmitting an
International Search Report, mailed Nov. 19, 2004, for
International Application No. PCT/US2004/009357. cited by
other.
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Primary Examiner: Pandozzi; M. N.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wallenstein Wagner & Rockey,
Ltd.
Description
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the cup of
the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the cup of FIG. 1, with an
opposite view being identical thereto;
FIG. 3 is a side elevation view of the cup of FIG. 1, with an
opposite view being identical thereto;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the cup of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the cup of
the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a front elevation view of the cup of FIG. 6, with an
opposite view being identical thereto;
FIG. 8 is a side elevation view of the cup of FIG. 6, with an
opposite view being identical thereto;
FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the cup of FIG. 6; and,
FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 6.
Broken lines in the Figures form no part of the claimed design.
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