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Separable pouch with center cut

Granted 6 Sep 2016 · 4 office actions

Application
29/439,692
filed 13 Dec 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D765518
granted 6 Sep 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the separable pouch with a center cut that is coupled to a top pouch and a bottom pouch, wherein adjacent to each side of the center cut there is shown three perforation lines and a side cut;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the separable pouch in FIG. 1 further comprising a plurality of different tablets shown in broken lines;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a group of seven separable pouches from FIG. 1 that are coupled to one another;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the group of seven separable pouches from FIG. 3 further comprising a plurality of different tablets shown in broken lines;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the separable pouch with a center cut that is coupled to a top pouch and a bottom pouch, wherein adjacent to each side of the center cut there is shown four perforation lines and a side cut;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a group of seven separable pouches from FIG. 5 that are coupled to one another;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the separable pouch with a center cut that is coupled to a top pouch and a bottom pouch, wherein adjacent to each side of the center cut there is shown five perforation lines and a side cut; and

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a group of seven separable pouches from FIG. 7 that are coupled to one another;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 10 is a side elevation view of the pouches of FIGS. 1, 5, and 7 ;

FIG. 11 is another perspective view of the pouch of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 12 is another perspective view of the pouch of FIG. 1 .

The broken line showing of tablets is included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design.

The horizontal broken lines shown in FIGS. 1-9 and 11 represent perforation lines and are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

The left and right sides of the designs shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 7 are mirror images and identical. Accordingly, the side view shown in FIG. 10 is the side view for both of the left and right sides of each of the three depicted embodiments, as shown at FIGS. 1, 5, and 7 .

The horizontal line with a zig-zag line at the lower and upper ends in FIGS. 1-8 and FIGS. 11-12 indicate no specific length.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/702

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Caron Veynar
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