Spice cup

Latest B&G Foods North America, Inc. Patents:

Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a spice cup, with a portion of the sidewall cut out for ease of illustration to show a denesting lug within the spice cup.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a spice cup;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a first side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a second side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view thereof showing a section taken along line 9-9 of FIG. 7; and,

FIG. 10 is another cross-sectional view thereof showing a section taken along line 10-10 of FIG. 7.

The evenly spaced broken lines in the drawings are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the spice cup that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash-dot broken lines in the drawings are included for the purpose of defining the boundary lines of the claim, it being understood that the claimed design lies between the boundary lines, it being understood that the dot-dash-dot broken lines themselves form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a spice cup, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D337920 August 3, 1993 Rowe
D515358 February 21, 2006 Orr
D662359 June 26, 2012 Boozer
D772013 November 22, 2016 O'Connor
D824729 August 7, 2018 Fitchko
D830124 October 9, 2018 Krivos
D856168 August 13, 2019 Makowski
D890574 July 21, 2020 Plott
D906054 December 29, 2020 Fitchko
D937631 December 7, 2021 O'Connor
20060076395 April 13, 2006 Hayes
20070068250 March 29, 2007 Krent
Other references
  • https://www.mgsmachine.com/en/news/designing-trays-for-automated-denesting No date available / site visited on May 3, 2022 (Year: 2022).
Patent History
Patent number: D994435
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 11, 2020
Date of Patent: Aug 8, 2023
Assignee: B&G Foods North America, Inc. (Parsippany, NJ)
Inventors: Aaron F. Fitchko (Huxley, IA), Erica Hammack (Deerfield, IL), Robert G. Larkin (Johnston, IA), William H. Dickson (Covington, KY), Jillian C. Hartke (Cincinnati, OH), Michael J. Palmisano (Cincinnati, OH), Steven D. Richardson (Cincinnati, OH), Allan E. Wade (Ankeny, IA)
Primary Examiner: Jae Liang
Assistant Examiner: Ji Sun Yoon
Application Number: 29/758,006
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/529; D7/589; D7/532; D7/316