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Disposable plate

Granted 30 Nov 2004 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Ryan J. Bruce, James Tam Joines, Jr., Stephen Alan Smith, Warren Giles Wiedmeyer +6 · Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/194,888
filed 3 Dec 2003
Publication
Not published
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US D498980
granted 30 Nov 2004

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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 a disposable plate;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the plate of FIG. 1;

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

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view of the plate of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view of the plate of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the plate of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the plate of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the plate of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a front elevation view of the plate of FIG. 7, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevation view of the plate of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view of the plate of FIG. 7; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the plate of FIG. 7.

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Classifications

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IPC · International Patent Classification
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/549D75/536D75/55

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D494816-SS124 Aug 200430 May 2003grantedErgonomic disposable plate
USUS-D494817-SS124 Aug 200430 May 2003grantedErgonomic disposable plate
USUS-D496825-SS15 Oct 200430 May 2003grantedErgonomic disposable plate handle
USUS-D497774-SS12 Nov 200430 May 2003grantedErgonomic disposable plate
USthis patentUS-D498980-SS130 Nov 20043 Dec 2003grantedDisposable plate
USUS-D499304-SS17 Dec 20043 Dec 2003grantedDisposable plate
USUS-D499933-SS121 Dec 200430 May 2003grantedErgonomic disposable plate bottom
USUS-D499936-SS121 Dec 200430 May 2003grantedErgonomic disposable plate
USUS-D515866-SS128 Feb 20063 Dec 2003grantedDisposable plate
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CRCR-7803-AA4 Aug 200521 Apr 2005publishedPlato desechable ergonomicamente mejoradoes

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