Disposable serving bowl and lid

Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
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 perspective view of the inventive disposable serving bowl and lid with the lid mounted on the bowl;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the disposable serving bowl and lid with the lid mounted on the bowl;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the assembly of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the disposable serving bowl and lid of FIG. 1, wherein the disposable bowl is placed beside the disposable lid;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the disposable serving bowl and lid of FIG. 1, wherein the disposable bowl is placed beside the disposable lid;

FIG. 6 is a view in elevation and perspective of the disposable serving bowl and lid of FIG. 1 wherein the disposable bowl is placed beside the disposable lid;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view in section and elevation of the bowl along line 77 of FIG. 4; and,

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view in section and elevation along line 88 of FIG. 4.

The disposable bowl is generally symmetrical about an imaginary axis bisecting the brim portion of the bowl at its maximum span, as will be appreciated from the drawings.

The disposable lid is generally symmetrical about an imaginary axis through one of its rim tabs which is also equidistant from the other two tabs, as will be appreciated from the drawings.

Claims

The ornamental design for a disposable serving bowl and lid, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
2681142 June 1954 Cohen
D312941 December 18, 1990 Zivin
5065889 November 19, 1991 Conti
D373954 September 24, 1996 Wolff
D450580 November 20, 2001 Littlejohn et al.
D452417 December 25, 2001 Whitmore et al.
D468202 January 7, 2003 Chou
D479097 September 2, 2003 Willis
D479441 September 9, 2003 Whitworth et al.
D485470 January 20, 2004 Willis
D515872 February 28, 2006 Vendl et al.
7124910 October 24, 2006 Nordland
D532649 November 28, 2006 Peterson
20070003739 January 4, 2007 Peterson
Patent History
Patent number: D550041
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 21, 2005
Date of Patent: Sep 4, 2007
Assignee: Dixie Consumer Products LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Inventors: Jonathan E. Rush (Mount Bethel, PA), Donald B. Campbell (Northampton, PA), Robert J. Linnander (Nazareth, PA), Margaret P. Hoks (Neenah, WI), Gerald J. Van Handel (Neenah, WI), Anthony J. Swiontek (Neenah, WI)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Assistant Examiner: Cynthia Underwood
Attorney: Georgia-Pacific LLC
Application Number: 29/245,312
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/542; D7/538; D7/500