Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coaster
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Application No.: US15633188Application Date: 2017-06-26
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Publication No.: US10368672B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Frederick W. Masanek, Jr. , David F. MacNeil
- Applicant: MACNEIL IP LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Bolingbrook
- Assignee: MacNeil IP LLC
- Current Assignee: MacNeil IP LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Bolingbrook
- Agency: Perkins IP Law Group LLC
- Agent Jefferson Perkins
- Main IPC: A47G23/03
- IPC: A47G23/03 ; B29C45/00 ; B29K21/00 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
Spaced-apart elongate ribs formed on a floor of an upper surface of a coaster have sidewalls that each have a concave curved surface extending upward from the floor, and a convex curved surface extending upward from an upper end of the concave curved surface to a top of the rib. A radius of the concave curved surface is larger than a height of the rib. A lower surface of the coaster has spaced-apart nibs having surfaces formed as surfaces of rotation, each of which downwardly extends from a general lower surface of the coaster body to a bottom of the nib. A sidewall of the nib has a concave curved surface that extends downwardly from the general surface, and a convex curved surface that extends downwardly from a lower end of the concave curved surface to the bottom of the nib. A radius of the concaved curved surface of the nib sidewall is greater than a height of the nib. The avoidance of crevasses, corners and channels in the coaster makes the coaster easier to keep clean.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180368601A1 COASTER Public/Granted day:2018-12-27
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