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Hourglass carton

Granted 1 Jun 2010 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Evergreen Packaging Inc.

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Inventors: Roderick William Kalberer · Examiner: Robert M Spear · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/336,676
filed 7 May 2009
Publication
Not published
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US D616739
granted 1 Jun 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the hourglass carton according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a back elevation view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the hourglass carton.

FIG. 9 is a front elevation view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 8 .

FIG. 10 is a back elevation view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 8 .

FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 8 .

FIG. 12 is a left side elevation view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 8 .

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the hourglass carton as shown in FIG. 8 .

The feature shown in broken lines in FIGS. 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 11 , 12 and 13 illustrating a pour spout and the feature shown in broken lines in FIGS. 3 , 6 , 7 , 10 , 13 and 14 depicting seam lines, represent portions of the hourglass carton that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/431

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USUS-D635016-SS129 Mar 201128 May 2010grantedHourglass carton
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AUAU-328576-SS24 Nov 200921 Oct 2009publishedHourglass carton
AUAU-328869-SS11 Dec 200917 Nov 2009publishedHourglass carton
CACA-132613-SS9 Jun 201022 Oct 2009grantedHourglass drink carton

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