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Ergonomic disposable plate

Granted 21 Dec 2004 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Bryce G. Rutter, Jan R. Stillerman, John Stewart Gitschlag, John Howard Loudenslager +2 · Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/182,709
filed 30 May 2003
Publication
Not published
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US D499936
granted 21 Dec 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 an ergonomic disposable plate;

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

FIG. 3 is a side elevation view of the plate of FIG. 1;

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

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

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 6—6 of FIG. 4; and,

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 7—7 of FIG. 4.

Broken lines in the Figures form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/545D75/43D75/542

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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
USUS-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
USthis patentUS-D499936-SS121 Dec 200430 May 2003grantedErgonomic disposable plate
USUS-D515866-SS128 Feb 20063 Dec 2003grantedDisposable plate
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CRCR-7803-AA4 Aug 200521 Apr 2005publishedPlato desechable ergonomicamente mejoradoes

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