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Container for wet wipes

Granted 20 Jan 2004 · no office action yet

Assignee: Procter & Gamble

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Inventors: Bernard Sams, Kenneth Young, Stephen Sams, Martin Zethoff +1 · Examiner: Brian N. Vinson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/166,795

filed 4 Sep 2002

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Not published

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US D485461

granted 20 Jan 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1. is a perspective view from front…

FIG. 1. is a perspective view from front, above and right end;

FIG. 2. is a perspective view from front, above and left end in an alternative condition;

FIG. 3. is a front plan view;

FIG. 4. is a back plan view;

FIG. 5. is a right side plan view;

FIG. 6. is a left side plan view;

FIG. 7. is a top view; and,

FIG. 8. is a bottom view.

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2 codes

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/DRW

USPC · US Patent Classification

D06/515

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Brian N. Vinson

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D485461-S	S1	20 Jan 2004	4 Sep 2002	granted	Container for wet wipes

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-100453-S	S	11 Feb 2004	30 Aug 2002	granted	Container, primarily for moist wipes
CA	CA-105575-S	S	11 Feb 2004	30 Aug 2002	granted	Dispensing aperture, primarily for a container with moist wipes

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