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Bottle closure

Granted 22 Dec 1998 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. · originally PepsiCo, Inc.

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Inventors: Bryce Rutter · Examiner: James Gandy · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 6 Dec 1996
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US D402889
granted 22 Dec 1998
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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a bottle closure showing our new design, the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the bottle closure depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the bottle closure depicted in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a side view of a bottle closure depicted in FIG. 1 representing a partial rotation of the bottle closure about its vertical center axis from the front view depicted in FIG. 1, the opposite side view being a mirror image thereof.

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