Upper portion of a food container lid

- Placon Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an upper portion of a food container lid of this invention, a lower flange is indicated in phantom lines, but is environmental material which forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof, the left side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof; and

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 7 is an isometric view of an alternative embodiment upper portion of a food container lid of this invention, a lower flange is indicated in phantom lines, but is environmental material which forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof, the left side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for an upper portion of a food container lid, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D341316 November 16, 1993 Fritz et al.
5607709 March 4, 1997 Fritz et al.
D394807 June 2, 1998 Krupa et al.
D409910 May 18, 1999 Hayes et al.
D444382 July 3, 2001 Hayes et al.
6257401 July 10, 2001 Mangla et al.
6349847 February 26, 2002 Mangla et al.
D488718 April 20, 2004 Passerini
6786351 September 7, 2004 Krueger
D507740 July 26, 2005 Ruiz et al.
Other references
  • Exhibit A—Photograph of Fabri-Kal Rotisserie Chicken Container, 2003.
  • Exhibit B—Photograph of Pactiv Rotisserie Chicken Container Lid, prior to Mar. 8, 2005.
  • Exhibit C—Photograph of Ivex Corporation Rotisserie Chicken Container, prior to Mar. 8, 2005.
  • Exhibit D—Photograph of Rotisserie Chicken Container, 2004 or earlier.
  • Exhibit E—Photograph of Anchor Packaging Chicken Container, prior to Mar. 2005.
  • Exhibit F—Photograph of Reynolds Rotisserie Chicken Container, May 2005.
  • Exhibit G—Photograph of Douglas Steven Plastics Chicken Container, 2005.
  • Exhibit H—Photograph of Plastic Ingenuity, Inc. Container, prior to 2006.
Patent History
Patent number: D533451
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 22, 2005
Date of Patent: Dec 12, 2006
Assignee: Placon Corporation (Madison, WI)
Inventor: Donald E. McCumber (Madison, WI)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Assistant Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan
Attorney: Stiennon & Stiennon
Application Number: 29/245,543
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/435