Drinking straw

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Description

FIG. 1 is a back view of a drinking straw in accordance with our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged bottom end view thereof;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged detail view of an area circumscribed within FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged top end view thereof of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view thereof;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged detail view of an area circumscribed within FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a back view of a first portion of the drinking straw of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is an enlarged top end view thereof;

FIG. 16 is an enlarged perspective view thereof;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged detail view of an area circumscribed within FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a bottom end view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 19 is an enlarged detail view of an area circumscribed within FIG. 11;

FIG. 20 is an enlarged perspective view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 21 is an enlarged detail view of an area circumscribed within FIG. 12;

FIG. 22 is a back view of a second portion of the drinking straw of FIG. 1;

FIG. 23 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 26 is an enlarged end view thereof;

FIG. 27 is an enlarged perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 28 is an enlarged detail view of an area circumscribed within FIG. 27.

The broken lines in FIGS. 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19, 21, 27 and 28 denote enlargement boundaries that form no part of the claim.

Claims

The ornamental design for a drinking straw, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D878843
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 21, 2019
Date of Patent: Mar 24, 2020
Assignee: Project X, LLC (Provo, UT)
Inventors: Sean D. Watkins (Spanish Fork, UT), R. Camden Robinson (Lindon, UT), Dayne Tanner (Oakland, CA), Beau Oyler (Oakland, CA), Kyle K. Hill (North Salt Lake, UT), Michael Horito (Provo, UT), Jeremy C. Smith (Provo, UT), Ze Yu Liu (Dongguan)
Primary Examiner: Karen S Acker
Assistant Examiner: Steven B Reinholdt, Jr.
Application Number: 29/681,021
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/300.2