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Plastic food container

Granted 7 Apr 1998 · no office action yet

Assignee: Tenneco Packaging Inc.

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Inventors: Stephen A. Smith, Timothy S. Goins, Ayberk Abayhan · Examiner: Prabhakar G. Desmukh · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 19 Jul 1996

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US D393204

granted 7 Apr 1998

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›FIG. 1 is perspective view of a plastic…

FIG. 1 is perspective view of a plastic food container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the plastic food container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the plastic food container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view taken from the right side of the plastic food container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view taken from the left side of the plastic food container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the plastic food container shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the plastic food container shown in FIG. 1.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a plastic food container, as shown.

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D393204-S	S	7 Apr 1998	19 Jul 1996	granted	Plastic food container

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
GT	GT-199700001-S	S	11 Jul 1998	17 Jan 1997	published	Contenedor plastico para alimentos.es

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