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End cap for a container

Granted 9 Jul 1996 · no office action yet

Assignee: Insta-Heat, Inc.

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Inventors: James A. Scudder, James L. Berntsen · Examiner: Alan P. Douglas · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 5 Jul 1994
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US D371513
granted 9 Jul 1996

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an end cap for a container showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposing sides being identical to each other;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5--5 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of an end cap for a container taken on line 6--6 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the prongs shown in FIG. 4; and,

FIG. 8 is an enlargement of the central portion of FIG. 4.

The broken line showing in FIG. 3 of a portion of a container is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D09/434

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