Food container cover
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The stippling shown in the Figures represents surface shading and not surface ornamentation. The evenly broken lines represent parts of the article that form no part of the claim. The dot-dot-dash lines represent the designation of partial cross sectional views and form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a food container cover, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 22, 2016
Date of Patent: Nov 12, 2019
Assignee: Zume, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: Casper W. Chiang (Danville, CA), Douglas J. Minkler (Mill Valley, CA), Julia Collins (San Francisco, CA), Alexander John Garden (Tiburon, CA)
Primary Examiner: Jennifer Rivard
Assistant Examiner: Catherine S Posthauer
Application Number: 29/558,873