Flexible plug for beverage can
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a flexible, opaque plug for a beverage can showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is a top, plan view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a flexible, transparent plug for a beverage can showing a second embodiment of that shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a side elevational view thereof;
FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a front elevational view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view thereof;
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the plug of FIG. 1 shown in operable relation with respect to a beverage can; and,
FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view of the plug of FIG. 1 shown in spaced relation to the opening formed in a beverage can.
The broken line showing of a beverage can in FIGS. 13 and 14 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 15, 1995
Date of Patent: Jun 18, 1996
Inventor: Edward Hanna (Utica, NY)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Attorney: George R. McGuire
Application Number: 0/40,328