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US 1,080,384 · App. 29/985,447 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Beverage container

Inventor: Merrilee Kick (Plano, TX)
Assignee: BUZZBALLZ, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,080,384
App. No.
29/985,447
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a beverage container as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: BUZZBALLZ, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 071660/0379 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2025
From: KICK, MERRILEE
To: BUZZBALLZ, LLC
Reel/Frame 069902/0624 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 29950209 · Jul 1, 2024
Continuation 29930383 · Feb 29, 2024
Continuation 18506811 · Nov 10, 2023
Continuation 29824813 · Jan 27, 2022
Continuation 16800195 · Feb 25, 2020
Continuation 12762934 · Apr 19, 2010
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