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Lid for a food container

Granted 23 Dec 1997 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Tenneco Packaging · originally Tenneco Packaging Inc.

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Inventors: Mark Spencer, James N. Gomoll, Thomas J. Hayes, Michael J. A. Sagan · Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 24 Sep 1996
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US D387986
granted 23 Dec 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a…

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a lid for a food container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view of the lid for a food container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view of the lid for a food container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the lid for a food container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the lid for a food container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the lid for a food container shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the lid for a food container shown in FIG. 1.

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D09/435D94/25

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