Upper panel of a drink cup lid

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of an upper panel of a drink cup lid;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the upper panel of the drink cup lid of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the upper panel of a drink cup lid; and,

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the of the upper panel of the drink cup lid of FIG. 3.

The broken lines are for illiustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for an upper panel of a drink cup lid, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D539650
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 27, 2005
Date of Patent: Apr 3, 2007
Assignee: Solo Cup Operating Corporation (Highland Park, IL)
Inventors: Stephen Alan Smith (Naperville, IL), Kevin Ray Smith (Round Lake Beach, IL), Robert Joseph Schaefer (Baltimore, MD), Bradley F. Rademaker (LaGrange, IL)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Assistant Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan
Attorney: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Application Number: 29/239,151
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/454; D9/435