Reclosable cup lid

Description

A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which a claim for copyright is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but reserves all other copyrights whatsoever.

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the reclosable cup lid of this invention with the sliding panel thereof in its open position;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the reclosable cup lid of FIG. 1

FIG. 3 is another top view of the reclosable cup lid of FIG. 1, wherein the enclosure panel is shown in its closed position;

FIG. 4 is a bottom perspective view of the reclosable cup lid of FIG. 1, with the closure panel shown in its open position; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the reclosable cup lid of FIG. 1, with the closure panel again shown in its open position.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 represent boundary lines of the claimed design. The phantom (dash-dot) line showing of the environment in FIGS. 1--5 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a reclosable cup lid, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Schmidtner; Alois A. (Hellertown, PA), Rush; Jonathan E. (Mount Bethel, PA)
Assignee:	Fort James Corporation (Atlanta, GA)
Appl. No.:	D/243,716
Filed:	November 30, 2005

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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	Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
	29214791	Oct 8, 2004

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Current U.S. Class:	D9/449
Current International Class:	0907
Field of Search:	;D9/454,447,438,435 ;D7/629,511,510,392,392.1 ;D5/56,4,12 ;D3/322 ;222/561,559,480 ;220/711-714,271,270 ;215/254

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Primary Examiner: Spear; Robert M.
Assistant Examiner: Hattan; Susan Bennett
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Georgia Pacific Corp. Hutter; Jacqueline M.