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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1994
Donald R Turner, Shelbyville, IN (US);
Ronald L Kennedy, Fishers, IN (US);
Christopher C Bidwell, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Bruce A Williams, Shelbyville, IN (US);
Williams Industries, Inc., Shelbyville, IN (US);
Abstract
A plastic bell fountain cup includes a bottom surface, and a side wall formed integrally with and extending upwardly from the bottom surface. The side wall has a lower portion adjacent the bottom surface, an upper lip portion defining a top opening of the cup, and a radially outwardly expanded portion located between the lower portion and the upper lip portion. The radially outwardly expanded portion has a maximum diameter larger than a diameter of the bottom surface and larger than a diameter of the top opening. The side wall has a substantially uniform thickness throughout the lower portion, the radially outwardly expanded portion, and at least a part of the upper lip portion.