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Portion of bottle cap

Granted 20 Sep 2005 · no office action yet

Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

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Inventors: Michael W. Allen, Paul M. Blankenship, Allen D. Miller, Peter M. Neumann +1 · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/178,787
filed 31 Mar 2003
Publication
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US D509738
granted 20 Sep 2005

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Description

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›In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this…

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is an axially outer end of a bottle cap useful in connection with a dispenser system which receives bottles to replenish the dispenser system.

FIG. 1 is a top, right, front perspective view of a portion of bottle cap embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof, the left and right side elevational views and the rear elevational view being identical to the front side shown;

FIG. 4 is a top, right, front perspective view of a second embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof, the left and right side elevational views and the rear elevational view being identical to the front side shown.

The broken line representations of holes in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4, of ridges in FIGS. 1-3, and of side structure in FIGS. 1-6, are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/454

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AUAU-156937-SS29 Nov 200425 Sep 2003publishedBottle cap
CACA-104322-SS18 Nov 200422 Sep 2003grantedBottle cap

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