USPatentGranted

Cap

Granted 23 Mar 2004 · no office action yet

Assignee: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

Inventors: John M. McComb, Stephen J. Kras, Robert F. Kleinrath, Raymond A. Bourque · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application

29/182,930

filed 2 Jun 2003

Publication

Not published

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US D487700

granted 23 Mar 2004

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Classifications

/DRW

Citations

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Life of the patent

4 dated events

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the cap design of the invention, with a tamper-evidence band shown in dotted lines;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the cap design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the cap design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is another side view of the cap design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the cap design of FIG. 1, shown without the tamper-evidence band;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the cap design of the invention, with a tamper-evidence band shown in dotted lines;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the cap design of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a side view of the cap design of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is another side view of the cap design of FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the cap design of FIG. 6, shown without the tamper-evidence band;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the cap design of the invention, with a tamper-evidence band shown in dotted lines;

FIG. 12 is a top view of the cap design of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a side view of the cap design of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is another side view of the cap design of FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the cap design of FIG. 11, shown without the tamper-evidence band;

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the cap design of the invention, with a tamper-evidence band shown in dotted lines;

FIG. 17 is a top view of the cap design of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a side view of the cap design of FIG. 16;

FIG. 19 is another side view of the cap design of FIG. 16;

FIG. 20 is a bottom view of the cap design of FIG. 16, shown without the tamper-evidence band;

FIG. 21 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the cap design of the invention, with a tamper-evidence band shown in dotted lines;

FIG. 22 is a top view of the cap design of FIG. 21;

FIG. 23 is a side view of the cap design of FIG. 21;

FIG. 24 is another side view of the cap design of FIG. 21; and,

FIG. 25 is a bottom view of the cap design of FIG. 21, shown without the tamper-evidence band.

The broken lines in the Figures are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Classifications

2 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

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/DRW

USPC · US Patent Classification

D09/453

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Examiner

Ian Simmons

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Worldwide family

6 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D482967-S	S1	2 Dec 2003	11 Mar 2002	granted	Cap
USthis patent	US-D487700-S	S1	23 Mar 2004	2 Jun 2003	granted	Cap

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-154759-S	S	2 Mar 2004	11 Sep 2002	published	A cap
CA	CA-100591-S	S	10 Feb 2005	11 Sep 2002	granted	Cap
CA	CA-107213-S	S	10 Feb 2005	11 Sep 2002	granted	Cap
CA	CA-107214-S	S	10 Feb 2005	11 Sep 2002	granted	Cap

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