Cutlery block with spice jar openings

- Ekco Housewares, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a side, top perspective view of a cutlery block with spice jar openings showing our new design, the knife blade receiving slots shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a side, top perspective view of an alternate embodiment of FIG. 1 the difference being in the differently sized openings of the knife slots;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 10 is a right side elevation view of FIG. 8 the spice jars shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D295249 April 19, 1988 Peterson
D334873 April 20, 1993 Ancona et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D397916
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 11, 1997
Date of Patent: Sep 8, 1998
Assignee: Ekco Housewares, Inc. (Franklin Park, IL)
Inventors: Bruce E. Ancona (New York, NY), Jose Suero, Jr. (Astoria, NY)
Primary Examiner: Terry A. Wallace
Law Firm: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Application Number: 0/77,028
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/7638; D7/590
International Classification: 0707;