USPatentGranted

Container and a cap

Granted 14 Nov 2006 · no office action yet

Inventors: William John Maskell, Thomas Hlavacek, Murphy Greene Mongeon, George Scott Kerr +1 · Examiner: Carol Rademaker · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/234,678

filed 21 Jul 2005

Publication

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US D531906

granted 14 Nov 2006

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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 container and a cap, embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the container and a cap thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the container and a cap thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the container and a cap thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the container and a cap thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view of the container and a cap thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view of the container and a cap thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a container and a cap, as shown and described.

Classifications

4 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D09/522D95/29D95/75D95/61

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1.3 y

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Examiner

Carol Rademaker

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3 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D531906-S	S1	14 Nov 2006	21 Jul 2005	granted	Container and a cap

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-307862-S	S	12 Jul 2006	13 Jan 2006	published	Container
CA	CA-114238-S	S	19 Mar 2008	16 Jan 2006	granted	Container with cap

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