Lid for a beverage container Patent Grant Melanson , et al. Oc [OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC]

Lid for a beverage container

Melanson , et al. Oc

Patent Grant D862976

U.S. patent number D862,976 [Application Number D/603,417] was granted by the patent office on 2019-10-15 for lid for a beverage container. This patent grant is currently assigned to Otter Products, LLC. The grantee listed for this patent is OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC. Invention is credited to Alex S. Breeden, Ross V. Bulkley, Shanshan Li, Christopher J. Melanson.

United States Patent	D862,976
Melanson , et al.	October 15, 2019

Lid for a beverage container

Claims

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

Inventors:

Melanson; Christopher J. (Fort Collins, CO), Li; Shanshan (Fort Collins, CO), Bulkley; Ross V. (Loveland, CO), Breeden; Alex S. (Fort Collins, CO)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC	Fort Collins	CO	US

Assignee:

Otter Products, LLC (Fort Collins, CO)

Appl. No.:

D/603,417

Filed:

May 9, 2017

Current U.S. Class:	D7/392
Current International Class:	0799
Field of Search:	;D9/452,453,454,435,447,449 ;D7/391,392,392.1,510,511,538,540,542,543,544,545,629

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Primary Examiner: Acker; Karen S
Assistant Examiner: Reinholdt, Jr.; Steven B

Description

FIG. 1 is a front, top perspective view of a lid for a beverage container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear, bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

The dash-dash broken lines throughout the drawing figures depict portions of the lid for a beverage container that form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines and unshaded surfaces bounded by broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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