Beverage carbonation apparatus

- Starbucks Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a beverage carbonation apparatus showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings are included for the purpose of illustration and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a beverage carbonation apparatus, as shown and described herein.

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Patent History
Patent number: D738150
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 14, 2014
Date of Patent: Sep 8, 2015
Assignee: Starbucks Corporation (Seattle, WA)
Inventors: Jennifer E. Moore Polaski (Seattle, WA), Michael H. Peck (Seattle, WA), Diane D. Terry (Seattle, WA), Paul Camera (Sammamish, WA), Christopher David Coul (Geneva, IL), Fernando Sanchez (Chicago, IL), Michael Run (Chicago, IL)
Primary Examiner: Marianne Pandozzi
Application Number: 29/485,092
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/306; D7/300