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Container

Granted 31 Dec 2002 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. · originally Vitality Foodservice, Inc.

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Inventors: Valdemiro M. Quadros, Steven A. Garbee, Malcolm C. Smith, Carl R. Spoeth +1 · Examiner: Lucy Lieberman · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/095,558
filed 26 Oct 1998
Publication
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US D467806
granted 31 Dec 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left side elevation of…

FIG. 1 is a left side elevation of a container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary cross sectional view in perspective of a lower portion of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken on line 8—8 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken on line 9—9 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken on line 10—10 in FIG. 4;

FIG. 11 is a left side elevation of a second embodiment of the container;

FIG. 12 is a front elevation of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a right side elevation of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is a rear elevation of FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a top plan view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 16 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 17 is a fragmentary cross sectional view in perspective of a lower portion of FIG. 11;

FIG. 18 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken on line 18—18 in FIG. 11

FIG. 19 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken on line 19—19 in FIG. 11;

FIG. 20 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken on line 20—20 in FIG. 14;

FIG. 21 is a fragmentary right side elevation of a third embodiment of the container, the portion of the third embodiment that is not shown is the same as the second embodiment;

FIG. 22 is a fragmentary rear elevation of FIG. 21;

FIG. 23 is a fragmentary left side elevation of FIG. 21;

FIG. 24 is a fragmentary right side elevation of a fourth embodiment of the container, the portion of the fourth embodiment that is not shown is the same as the second embodiment;

FIG. 25 is a fragmentary rear elevation of FIG. 24;

FIG. 26 is a fragmentary left side elevation of FIG. 24;

FIG. 27 is a fragmentary right side elevation of a fifth embodiment of the container, the portion of the fifth embodiment that is not shown is the same as the second embodiment;

FIG. 28 is a fragmentary rear elevation of FIG. 27;

FIG. 29 is a fragmentary left side elevation of FIG. 27;

FIG. 30 is a fragmentary right side elevation of a sixth embodiment of the container, the portion of the sixth embodiment that is not shown is the same as the second embodiment;

FIG. 31 is a fragmentary rear elevation of FIG. 30;

FIG. 32 is a fragmentary left side elevation of FIG. 30;

FIG. 33 is a fragmentary right side elevation of a seventh embodiment of the container, the portion of the seventh embodiment that is not shown is the same as the second embodiment;

FIG. 34 is a fragmentary rear elevation of FIG. 33;

FIG. 35 is a fragmentary left side elevation of FIG. 33;

FIG. 36 is a fragmentary right side elevation of an eighth embodiment of the container, the portion of the eighth embodiment that is not shown is the same as the second embodiment;

FIG. 37 is a fragmentary rear elevation of FIG. 36; and,

FIG. 38 is a fragmentary left side elevation of FIG. 36.

The fragmentary views in the drawings are shown on an enlarged scale.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/520D95/28D95/23

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