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Curved hinged clamshell container

Granted 4 Jun 2002 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Dart Industries Inc. · originally Tupperware Brand

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Inventors: Jan-Hendrik de Groote · Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/143,633
filed 15 Jun 2001
Publication
Not published
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US D458127
granted 4 Jun 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, side and front…

FIG. 1 is a top, side and front perspective view of a curved hinged clamshell container showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a top, side and rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is an open perspective view thereof.

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Claims

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Classifications

3 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
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  • /DRW
USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/423D32/94

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AUAU-148132-SS12 Jun 200222 Nov 2001publishedContainer
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