Sleeve for bottle

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top left front perspective view of a sleeve for bottle showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top left front perspective view thereof, showing, in phantom, a type of bottle that can be placed inside the sleeve for bottle. The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D377741
Type: Grant
Filed: May 17, 1996
Date of Patent: Feb 4, 1997
Assignee: Rubbermaid Specialty Products Inc. (Wooster, OH)
Inventors: Tom B. Bennett (Wooster, OH), Kevin Rausch (Wooster, OH)
Primary Examiner: Terry A. Wallace
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 0/54,656
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/7622; D7/536