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Ergonomic disposable cup

Granted 7 Jun 2005 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Hoffmaster Group, Inc. · originally Solo Cup

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Inventors: Randy Golden, Rudy DesChamps, John H. Loudenslager, Kimberly Vaile Healy +7 · Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/194,964
filed 3 Dec 2003
Publication
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US D505830
granted 7 Jun 2005

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of an ergonomic disposable cup;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the cup of FIG. 1, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 3 is a side elevation view of the cup of FIG. 1, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the cup of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the cup of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a front elevation view of the cup of FIG. 6, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 8 is a side elevation view of the cup of FIG. 6, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the cup of FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 6;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the cup of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a front elevation view of the cup of FIG. 11, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 13 is a side elevation view of the cup of FIG. 11, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 14 is a top plan view of the cup of FIG. 11; and,

FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 11.

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/509D75/31

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Examiner
M. N. Pandozzi
art unit 2913 · TC 2900
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