Reclosable cup lid

- Fort James Corporation
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Description

A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which a claim for copyright is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but reserves all other copyright rights whatsoever.

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the reclosable cup lid of this invention with the sliding closure panel thereof in its open position;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the reclosable cup lid of FIG. 1

FIG. 3 is another top view of the reclosable cup lid of FIG. 1, wherein the closure panel is shown in its closed position;

FIG. 4 is a bottom perspective view of the reclosable cup lid of FIG. 1, with the closure panel shown in its open position;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the reclosable cup lid of FIG. 1, with the closure panel again shown in its open position;

FIG. 6 is a view in elevation of the Reclosable Cup Lid of FIG. 1 along line 6 -6 of FIG. 2; and.

FIG. 7 is another view in elevation along line 7-7 of FIG. 2 .

Claims

The ornamental design for a reclosable cup lid, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D533779
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 8, 2004
Date of Patent: Dec 19, 2006
Assignee: Fort James Corporation (Atlanta, GA)
Inventors: Alois A. Schmidtner (Hellertown, PA), Jonathan E. Rush (Mt. Bethel, PA)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Assistant Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan
Attorney: Georgia Pacific Corp
Application Number: 29/214,791
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/449