FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container neck showing our new design, with a container body and a container neck finish being shown in broken lines for environment only and forming no part of the claim.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the container neck in FIG. 1 , the rear elevational view being identical to FIG. 2 .

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view from the right in FIG. 2 , the opposing side elevational view being identical to FIG. 3 .

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4 - 4 in FIG. 2 ; and,

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 5 - 5 in FIG. 2 .

The dashed-dot-dashed lines define the boundary lines of the claimed design. The broken lines shown in the figures are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental elements only and form no part of the claimed design.

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›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a container neck, as shown and described.

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D658999-S	S1	8 May 2012	1 Apr 2009	granted	Container neck
US	US-D704063-S	S1	6 May 2014	9 Mar 2012	granted	Container neck
USthis patent	US-D704064-S	S1	6 May 2014	9 Mar 2012	granted	Container neck
US	US-D704560-S	S1	13 May 2014	9 Mar 2012	granted	Container neck

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-328132-S	S	26 Oct 2009	1 Oct 2009	published	Container
AU	AU-328133-S	S	26 Oct 2009	1 Oct 2009	published	Container
AU	AU-328134-S	S	26 Oct 2009	1 Oct 2009	published	Container
AU	AU-328135-S	S	26 Oct 2009	1 Oct 2009	published	Container
CA	CA-132429-S	S	20 Jul 2011	1 Oct 2009	granted	Bottle
CL	CL-2009001925-S1	S1	12 Feb 2010	1 Oct 2009	published	Porcion interior de un cuello de botella, en el cuello vertical de seccion transversal circular se disponen cuatro nervaduras iguales de superficie convexa espaciadas en 90 grados donde cada par formado por nervaduras diametralmente opuestas, asciende helicoidal y en sentido opuesto entrelazandose.es
EC	EC-SDI099670-S	S	30 Nov 2009	1 Oct 2009	published	no title held

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