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Lid portion

Granted 18 Sep 2012 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Target Brands, Inc. · originally Target Corporation

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Inventors: Kelly Esterby, Vivian Barad, Holly A. Robbins, Brian Cutter +3 · Examiner: Cynthia M Chin · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/396,961
filed 8 Jul 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D667262
granted 18 Sep 2012

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Description

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›This application is related to U.S. patent application…

This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/112,540, filed Apr. 30, 2008, now U.S. Patent No. 7,963,416, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/091,955, filed Apr. 21, 2011.

FIG. 1 is a top left front perspective view of a first embodiment of the lid portion;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof; and

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional side view taken along line 8 - 8 of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 9 is a top left front perspective view of a second embodiment of the lid portion having a clear convex area;

FIG. 10 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a right side view thereof; and

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional side view taken along line 16 - 16 of FIG. 9 .

FIG. 17 is a top left front perspective view of a third embodiment of the lid portion having a convex area that has a clear center;

FIG. 18 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 24 is a cross-sectional side view taken along line 24 - 24 of FIG. 17 .

The dash-dot broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claim and all other broken lines represent the environment in which the design resides. None of the broken lines form a part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/392.1

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Pendency
1.2 y
438 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
1
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Examiner
Cynthia M Chin
art unit 2917 · TC 2900
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