Strainer

Description

FIG. 1 is a top right front perspective view of a strainer showing my new design. Representative portions of the straining aperture area are shown in FIGS. 3 through 6 for simplicity, with the complete aperture area depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image.

Claims

The ornamental design for a strainer, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Feer; David L. (Medina, OH)
Assignee:	Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Appl. No.:	07/804,163
Filed:	December 9, 1991

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Current U.S. Class:	D7/667
Field of Search:	;D7/667,668,356,400 ;99/403,426 ;210/464-465,470,473,498-499

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D251050	February 1979	Wallsten
D314315	February 1991	Darnell

Other References

Sell sheet, strainers, Bonny Products, Inc., street address unknown, Quakertown, Pa. 18951. Publication date Jul. 1990. . Sell sheet, strainers and colander, Bonny Products, Inc., street address unknown, Quakertown, Pa. 18951. Publication date 1985. . Sell sheet, colanders, The Foley Company, P.O. Box 648, Manitowoc, Wis. 54220. Publication date Feb., 1984. . Sell sheet, strainers, The Foley Company, P.O. Box 648, Manitowoc, Wis. 54220. Publication date Nov., 1985. . Catalog page, colander, Sterilite, 198 Main Street, P.O. Box 524, Townsend, Mass. 01469. Publication date 1989. . Sell sheet, colander, Tucker Housewares, 345 Central Street, Leominster, Mass. 01453. Publication date 1989. . Price list, colander, Corning Inc., Houghton Park, Corning, N.Y. 14830. Publication date 1990. . Price list, strainers, Ekco Housewares Inc., 98 Spit Brook Road, Nashua, N.H. 03062. Publication date Sep., 1987. . P. 21, Colander, Curver, Takkebysters 75, Postbus 6810, 4802 HV Breda. Publication date Jan., 1991. . P. 18, strainer and colander, Dupol-Rubbermaid GmbH, An der Trift 63, D-6072 Dreieich. Publication date 1989. . P. 19, colander, Rubbermaid Incorporated, 1147 Akron Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691. Publication date 1976. . P. 17, colander, Rubbermaid Incorporated, 1147 Akron Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691. Publication date 1986. . Catalog Page, Strainer, Iwasaki Industry Inc., No. 26 Showa Kogyo Danchi, 1216-5, Nukatabe Kita-machi, Yamato-Koriyama, Nara, 639-11 Japan. It is believed that the product depicted herein has been on sale for more than one year prior to the application date of this instant application..

Primary Examiner: Pfeffer; Terry A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: O'Planick; Richard B.