Beverage container lid

- Rubbermaid Incorporated
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top left front perspective view of a beverage container lid showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan vew thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof; the right side elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D417583
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 5, 1998
Date of Patent: Dec 14, 1999
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventor: Anthony Demore (Copley, OH)
Primary Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi
Attorney: Richard B. O'Planick
Application Number: 0/81,494
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/73921; D7/392
International Classification: 0799;