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Granted 31 Dec 2019 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Graham Packaging Plastic Products, Inc. · originally GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.

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Inventors: Shannon K. Sprenkle, Justin A. Howell, Robert Waltemyer, Michael T. Kelly · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/634,181
filed 18 Jan 2018
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US D871221
granted 31 Dec 2019
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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of our design for a container.

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

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

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the container of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of our design for a container.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the container of FIG. 5 .

FIG. 7 is a top view of the container of FIG. 5 ; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the container of FIG. 5 .

The dash-dot-dash broken lines shown throughout these figures define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part thereof, whereas the evenly-spaced dashed broken lines illustrate the portions of the container that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/516

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