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Granted 10 Jul 2007 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Edward J. Kunesh, Dirk K. Nickel, Allen D. Miller, Neil P. Williams +3 · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/246,516
filed 20 Apr 2006
Publication
Not published
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US D546179
granted 10 Jul 2007

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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 as a cap for a spray spritz bottle that can hold and dispense materials such as insect repellants, insecticides, cleaners, and fragrances.

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

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the front elevational view shown;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view thereof being the mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line representation of internal structure in FIG. 5 is for purposes of illustration only, and forms no part of the claim.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/445

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