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Interlocking container

Granted 7 May 2013 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited

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Inventors: Makiko Kida, Tamotsu Matsumoto, Evan Abel, Takuma Watanabe · Examiner: Cynthia Underwood · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application

29/428,018

filed 25 Jul 2012

Publication

Not published

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US D681395

granted 7 May 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the interlocking container;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the interlocking container;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the interlocking container;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the interlocking container; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the interlocking container.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

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

Classifications

2 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D07/505D75/66

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0.8 y

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non-final + final

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Examiner

Cynthia Underwood

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D681395-S	S1	7 May 2013	25 Jul 2012	granted	Interlocking container

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
TW	TW-D159273-S	S	11 Mar 2014	25 Jan 2013	published	Container (1)

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