USPatentGranted

Container

Granted 9 Feb 2010 · no office action yet

Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive

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Inventors: Alan Whiting, Jeffrey Mayers, John Lamb, Corinne Elstow +2 · Examiner: Sandra Morris · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/331,328

filed 23 Jan 2009

Publication

Not published

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US D609578

granted 9 Feb 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the container of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the container of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a right-side view of the container of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a left-side view of the container of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top view of the container of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the container of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a container according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the container of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the container of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 11 is a right-side view of the container of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 12 is a left-side view of the container of FIG. 8 .

FIG. 13 is a top view of the container of FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the container of FIG. 8 .

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a container, as shown and described.

Classifications

3 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D09/629D95/28D95/63

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Pendency

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Examiner

Sandra Morris

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8 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D609578-S	S1	9 Feb 2010	23 Jan 2009	granted	Container
US	US-D632184-S	S1	8 Feb 2011	14 Jan 2010	granted	Container handle

›Other offices — 6 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-327169-S	S	17 Aug 2009	23 Jul 2009	published	Container
AU	AU-327170-S	S	17 Aug 2009	23 Jul 2009	published	Container
AU	AU-327171-S	S	17 Aug 2009	23 Jul 2009	published	Container
CA	CA-131573-S	S	5 May 2010	23 Jul 2009	granted	Container
CA	CA-134826-S	S	5 May 2010	23 Jul 2009	granted	Container
CA	CA-134827-S	S	5 May 2010	23 Jul 2009	granted	Container

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