Food storage container top
Ahern, Jr. , et al. February 4, 1
U.S. patent number D377,733 [Application Number D/047,670] was granted by the patent office on 1997-02-04 for food storage container top. This patent grant is currently assigned to Rubbermaid Incorporated. Invention is credited to Richard B. Ahern, Jr., Derek Campbell, Maaike Evers, Debra A. Fritsch, Norio Fujikawa, David Gresham, Paul J. Kudirka, Mark Metzler, Donald J. Staufenberg, Michael Sullivan.
| United States Patent | D377,733 |
| Ahern, Jr. , et al. | February 4, 1997 |
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Food storage container top
Claims
The ornamental design for a food storage conatiner top, as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Ahern, Jr.; Richard B. (Akron, OH), Campbell; Derek (Dayton, OH), Evers; Maaike (Columbus, OH), Fritsch; Debra A. (Grand Rapids, MI), Fujikawa; Norio (Columbus, OH), Gresham; David (East Hampton, NY), Kudirka; Paul J. (Ada, MI), Metzler; Mark (Alto, MI), Staufenberg; Donald J. (Dublin, OH), Sullivan; Michael (Ada, MI) |
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| Assignee: | Rubbermaid Incorporated
(Wooster, OH) |
| Appl. No.: | D/047,670 |
| Filed: | December 11, 1995 |
| Current U.S. Class: | D7/392.1; D7/391 |
| Field of Search: | ;D7/391,392.1,612,538,540,542,354,510 ;D9/435,454,452 ;220/356 ;215/306,320 |
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Primary Examiner: Pandozzi; M. N.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: O'Planick; Richard B. Riedesel; Lisa B.
Description
FIG. 1 is a top right front perspective view of food storage container top showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view being a mirror image;
FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being a mirror image; and,
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.
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