Lid for a beverage container

- Fort James Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a lid of the present invention, the broken lines illustrating a beverage container forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the lid shown in FIG. 1, with a tab portion of the lid illustrated in an opened position, the broken lines illustrating a beverage container formins no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the lid shown in FIG. 1, with the tab portion illustrated in a closed position;

FIG. 4 is top plan view of the lid shown in FIG. 1, with the tab portion illustrated in the opened position;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a lid of the present invention, the broken lines illustrating a beverage container forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the lid shown in FIG. 5, with a tab portion of the lid illustrated in an opened position, the broken lines illustrating a beverage container forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the lid shown in FIG. 5, with the tab portion illustrated in a closed position; and,

FIG. 8 is top plan view of the lid shown in FIG. 5, with the tab portion illustrated in the opened position.

Claims

The ornamental design for a lid for a beverage container, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D271858 December 20, 1983 Martin et al.
D291537 August 25, 1987 Crawford et al.
D292889 November 24, 1987 Ostrowski
D319017 August 13, 1991 Turner et al.
5839601 November 24, 1998 Van Melle
D407977 April 13, 1999 Farris
D420550 February 15, 2000 Elshof
D447412 September 4, 2001 Durdon
Patent History
Patent number: D481633
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 22, 2002
Date of Patent: Nov 4, 2003
Assignee: Fort James Corporation (Atlanta, GA)
Inventors: Alois A. Schmidtner (Hellertown, PA), Jonathan E. Rush (Easton, PA)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: Gregory Andoll
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
Application Number: 29/171,426
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/449; D9/447; D9/438; D9/435
International Classification: 0907;