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Tab for container lid

Granted 31 Oct 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Pactiv Corporation · originally Howmet Aerospace Inc.

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Inventors: Christina M. Tranfaglia, Thomas J. Hayes · Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis · AU 293 · TC 2900

Application
113687
filed 8 Nov 1999
Publication
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US D432859
granted 31 Oct 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tab for a container lid embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the tab;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the tab;

FIG. 4 is a first side view of the tab; and,

FIG. 5 is a second side view of the opposite side of the tab shown in FIG. 4.

The broken line showing is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/392.1

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