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Shoulder of a disposable cup

Granted 7 Mar 2006 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Randy Golden, Kimberly Vaile Healy, Rudy DesChamps, Stephen Alan Smith +3 · Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/223,780
filed 18 Feb 2005
Publication
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US D516378
granted 7 Mar 2006

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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 shoulder of a disposable cup showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the cup of FIG. 1;

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

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 1.

The broken lines in FIGS. 1 through 4 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/396.2D73/966

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art unit 2915 · TC 2900
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