U.S. patent number D556,511 [Application Number D/250,854] was granted by the patent office on 2007-12-04 for drinking cup.
Invention is credited to Bryan D. Mansfield.
United States Patent |
D556,511 |
Mansfield |
December 4, 2007 |
Drinking cup
Claims
CLAIM I claim the ornamental design for a drinking cup, as shown
and described.
Inventors: |
Mansfield; Bryan D. (Bredenton,
FL) |
Appl.
No.: |
D/250,854 |
Filed: |
December 1, 2006 |
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29244075 |
Dec 5, 2005 |
D539091 |
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11255572 |
Oct 21, 2005 |
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29250854 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D7/523;
D7/509 |
Current International
Class: |
0701 |
Field of
Search: |
;D7/396.2,500,509,510,523,524,526-528,530-532,540,565,584,900
;D9/500,502,516,519,549,555,776,778 ;D34/1 ;215/10,387,DIG.7
;220/495.04,560,592.16,592.17,703 ;226/406 ;229/400 ;383/110 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Hyder; Philip S.
Assistant Examiner: Underwood; Cynthia
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Douma; Mark
Description
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a drinking cup showing my new
design;
FIG. 2 is a side elevation view thereof, with the broad side
oriented toward the viewer, the opposite side being identical;
FIG. 3 is a side elevation view thereof, with the narrow side
oriented toward the viewer, the opposite side being identical;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 6--6 in FIG.
3;
FIG. 7. is a perspective view of another embodiment of my design as
shown in FIG. 1 with an added translucent portion below the inner
rim connecting the side walls with one or more insubstantial
dimples on the bottom thereof;
FIG. 8 is a side elevation view thereof, with the broad side
oriented toward the viewer, all other side views being
identical;
FIG. 9 is a side elevation view thereof, with the narrow side
oriented toward the viewer, the opposite side being identical;
FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,
FIG. 12 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 12--12 in FIG.
10.
The design is characterized by having three more or less upright
walls with an ovoid inner chamber suspended by walls over a hollow
bottom. Visibility of the interior walls may be reduced in subdued
lighting depending on the amount of colorant used, but would be
visible under bright overhead lighting.
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