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US 1,072,581 · App. 29/947,272 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Cup holder assembly

Inventors: Douglas Peter LaPlaca (Austin, TX); Tyler Sam Tuttle (Redmond, OR)
Assignee: Precise Flight, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,072,581
App. No.
29/947,272
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a cup holder assembly as shown and described.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2025
From: PRECISE FLIGHT, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 072734/0919 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: LAPLACA, DOUGLAS PETER; TUTTLE, TYLER SAM
To: PRECISE FLIGHT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072023/0407 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2024
From: LAPLACA, DOUGLAS PETER; TUTTLE, TYLER SAM
To: PRECISE FLIGHT, INC.
Reel/Frame 068575/0047 →
Continuity (2)
Division 29834864 · Apr 14, 2022
Continuation In Part 17314725 · May 7, 2021
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