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Closure for a box for straws

Granted 21 Apr 1998 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Biomerieux Vitek, Inc. · originally BioMerieux

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Inventors: Ron Robinson, John Hoffman, Richard B. Partlow, Terrance J. McMichael +2 · Examiner: James Gandy · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 31 Oct 1996
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US D393592
granted 21 Apr 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of closure…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of closure for a box for straws showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view;

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line VII--VII of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line VIII--VIII of FIG. 2 thereof.

The broken line showing of box for straws is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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