Patent
   D499935
Priority
Oct 01 2003
Filed
Dec 03 2003
Issued
Dec 21 2004
Expiry
Dec 21 2018
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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We claim the ornamental Design for an ergonomic disposable cup, as shown and described. Broken lines in the Figures form no part of the claimed design.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of an ergonomic disposable cup;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the cup of FIG. 1, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 3 is a side elevation view of the cup of FIG. 1, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the cup of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a front elevation view of the cup of FIG. 5, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 7 is a side elevation view of the cup of FIG. 5, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the cup of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a front elevation view of the cup of FIG. 9, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 11 is a side elevation view of the cup of FIG. 9, with an opposite view being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 9.

The broken lines in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Bone, Brian C., Smith, Stephen Alan, Wiedmeyer, Warren Giles, Smith, Kevin Ray, Golden, Randy, Loudenslager, John H., Khan, Irshad, Healy, Kimberly Vaile, DesChamps, Rudy, Rutter, Bryce C., Stillerman, Jan Rolf

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