Beverage container lid

- Rubbermaid Incorporated

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Description

FIG. 1 is an top right front perspective view of a beverage container lid showing my new design. The broken lines shown on the beverage container lid and the broken lines showing a type of container on which the beverage container lid may be placed are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof; the left side elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top right front perspective view showing the tab portion of the beverage container lid in an open position.

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Patent History
Patent number: D372866
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 7, 1995
Date of Patent: Aug 20, 1996
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventor: Richard B. Ahern, Jr. (Akron, OH)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 0/39,983
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9449; D7/3921