Container
Mele , et al. Sept
Patent Grant D896646
U.S. patent number D896,646 [Application Number D/625,409] was granted by the patent office on 2020-09-22 for container. This patent grant is currently assigned to Conopco, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Conopco, Inc.. Invention is credited to Philip Nigel Bordet-Stead, Benjamin Sean Davey, Craig Glass, Jared Christian Levi, Jack Christopher McCulloch, Anthony Mele, Duncan Reynolds Sherwood, Shih Ling Christina Tang.
| United States Patent | D896,646 |
| Mele , et al. | September 22, 2020 |
Container
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design of a container, as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Mele; Anthony (Trumbull, CT), Levi; Jared Christian (Trumbull, CT), Sherwood; Duncan Reynolds (Trumbull, CT), Bordet-Stead; Philip Nigel (London, GB), Glass; Craig (London, GB), Tang; Shih Ling Christina (London, GB), Davey; Benjamin Sean (London, GB), McCulloch; Jack Christopher (London, GB) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Conopco, Inc. (Englewood
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| Appl. No.: | D/625,409 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | November 9, 2017 |
| Current U.S. Class: | D9/449 |
| Current International Class: | 0901 |
| Field of Search: | ;D4/116 ;D6/515-516,542-545 ;D7/300-322,391-396.2,509-511,523,589,598,612,615,619.1 ;D9/435,436,439,440,443,447,454,500,503-505,516-575,763-783,449 ;D24/197 ;D28/7,57,73,76-91.1 ;215/40-55,316-354,370-385 ;220/574-575 |
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Primary Examiner: Brooks; Cathron C
Assistant Examiner: McLean; Christian P.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McGowan, Jr.; Gerard J.
Description
FIG. 1 is a perspective view from above and the right of our container;
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the container of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the container of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a side view elevational of the container of FIG. 1 taken from the left side;
FIG. 5 is a side view elevational of the container of FIG. 1 taken from the right side;
FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the container of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the container of FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 8 is a perspective view from above and the right of the container of FIG. 1 with the flip top in the open position.
The broken lines illustrate portions of the container that form no part of the claimed design.
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