USPatentGranted

Tray

Granted 17 Sep 2024 · no office action yet

Assignee: Graphic Packaging International

Inventors: Matthew R. Kearns, Joseph C. Walsh, Scott Thomas Strand, Raymond S. Kastanek +1 · Examiner: Darcey E Gottschalk · AU 2933 · TC 2900

Application

29/785,905

filed 27 May 2021

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US D1042122

granted 17 Sep 2024

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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 tray showing our new design according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a left elevation view of the tray of FIG. 1 , the right elevation view is a mirror image.

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the tray of FIG. 1 , the rear elevation view is a mirror image.

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the tray of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the tray of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the tray of FIG. 1 in an unfolded configuration.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a tray showing our new design according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a left elevation view of the tray of FIG. 7 , the right elevation view is a mirror image.

FIG. 9 is a front elevation view of the tray of FIG. 7 , the rear elevation view is a mirror image.

FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the tray of FIG. 7 .

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view of the tray of FIG. 7 ; and,

FIG. 12 is a plan view of the tray of FIG. 7 in an unfolded configuration.

In the drawings, the broken lines show portions of a tray that form no part of the claim.

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Claims

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1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a tray, as shown and described.

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2 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D09/456D9/433

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Darcey E Gottschalk

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D1042122-S	S1	17 Sep 2024	27 May 2021	granted	Tray

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-208564-S	S	6 Nov 2023	26 Nov 2021	granted	Tray

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