Patent
   D514884
Priority
Oct 01 2003
Filed
Nov 23 2004
Issued
Feb 14 2006
Expiry
Feb 14 2020
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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We claim the ornamental Design for an ergonomic disposable cup, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the cup of the present invention;

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 top plan view of the cup of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the cup of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a front elevation view of the cup of FIG. 6, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 8 is a side elevation view of the cup of FIG. 6, with an opposite view being identical thereto;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the cup of FIG. 6; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of the cup of FIG. 6.

Broken lines in the Figures 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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