Upper portion of a bottle

- Rhone-Poulenc AG Co.
Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevation of an upper portion of a bottle showing our new design, the opposite side is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary front elevation of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary rear elevation of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side elevation of a second embodiment of the upper portion of a bottle, the opposite side is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary front elevation of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary rear elevation of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a side elevation of a third embodiment of the upper portion of a bottle, the opposite side is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 10 is a fragmentary front elevation of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary rear elevation of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a top plan view of FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is a side elevation of a fourth embodiment of the upper portion of a bottle, the opposite side is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 14 is a fragmentary front elevation of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a fragmentary rear elevation of FIG. 13; and,

FIG. 16 is a top plan view of FIG. 13.

The broken line showing of a lower portion of a bottle in FIGS. 1, 5, 9 and 13 is a for illustrative purposes only and does not form part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D333097
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 20, 1990
Date of Patent: Feb 9, 1993
Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc AG Co. (Research Triangle Park, NC)
Inventors: William A. Levy (Raleigh, NC), Horace Johnson, Jr. (Apex, NC)
Primary Examiner: Bernard Ansher
Assistant Examiner: Lucy Lieberman
Law Firm: Morgan & Finnegan
Application Number: 7/482,328
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9528