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Food container

Granted 18 Feb 1997 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Dart Industries Inc. · originally Tupperware Brand

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Inventors: Ian Ferris · Examiner: Terry A. Wallace · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 28 Sep 1995
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US D378039
granted 18 Feb 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front and side…

FIG. 1 is a top, front and side perspective view of a food container showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan thereof;

FIG. 8 is a cross-section view thereof taken on line 8--8 in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a cross-section view thereof taken on line 9--9 in FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a front elevation view of an alternate embodiment of FIG. 1, the rear elevation being the same, the undisclosed top and bottom views being the same as FIGS. 6 and 7, respectively;

FIG. 11 is a side elevation view of FIG. 10, the opposite side being the same; and,

FIG. 12 is a cross-section view taken on line 12--12 in FIG. 11.

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