U.S. patent number D514,444 [Application Number D/186,583] was granted by the patent office on 2006-02-07 for reclosable container lid. This patent grant is currently assigned to Solo Cup Company. Invention is credited to Brian C. Bone, John Stewart Gitschlag, James Tam Joines, Jr., Bryce G. Rutter, Kevin Ray Smith, Stephen Alan Smith, Warren Giles Wiedmeyer.
United States Patent | D514,444 |
Smith , et al. | February 7, 2006 |
Inventors: | Smith; Stephen Alan (Naperville, IL), Wiedmeyer; Warren Giles (Trevor, WI), Gitschlag; John Stewart (Chicago, IL), Joines, Jr.; James Tam (Gurnee, IL), Rutter; Bryce G. (St. Louis, MO), Bone; Brian C. (St. Louis, MO), Smith; Kevin Ray (Round Lake Beach, IL) |
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Assignee: | Solo Cup Company (Highland
Park, IL) |
Appl. No.: | D/186,583 |
Filed: | July 18, 2003 |
Current U.S. Class: | D9/447; D9/449; D9/450; D9/454 |
Current International Class: | 0907 |
Field of Search: | ;D9/434,435,436,438,447,450,449,454,503 ;D7/392.1,511 ;215/307,316,317,324,387,232,384 ;220/200,306,307,711,713,729 |
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