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Tray assembly for a dispensing container

Granted 19 Mar 2013 · no office action yet

Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

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Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Wesley Steven Jones · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/429,247
filed 8 Aug 2012
Publication
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US D678067
granted 19 Mar 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top, front perspective view of the new design for a tray assembly for a dispensing container, the tray assembly having a transparent cover portion;

FIG. 2 is a top, rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an exploded front view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is an exploded rear view thereof.

The broken lines shown herein depict environmental subject matter only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/456

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