Container

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Description

FIG. 1 is an upper perspective view of a container with a button in an extended position according to a first embodiment;

FIG. 2 is another upper perspective view thereof with the button in a depressed position;

FIG. 3 is a lower perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view thereof with the button in the extended position, and each side being identical;

FIG. 5 is a side elevation view thereof with the button in the depressed position, and each side being identical;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an upper perspective view of a container with the button in an extended position according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 9 is another upper perspective view thereof with the button in a depressed position;

FIG. 10 is a lower perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a side elevation view thereof with the button in the extended position, and each side being identical;

FIG. 12 is a side elevation view thereof with the button in the depressed position, and each side being identical;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 15 is an upper perspective view of a container with a button in an extended position according to a third embodiment;

FIG. 16 is another upper perspective view thereof with the button in a depressed position;

FIG. 17 is a lower perspective view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a side elevation view thereof with the button in the extended position, and each side being identical;

FIG. 19 is a side elevation view thereof with the button in the depressed position, and each side being identical;

FIG. 20 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 22 is an upper perspective view of a container with a button in an extended position according to a fourth embodiment;

FIG. 23 is another upper perspective view thereof with the button in a depressed position;

FIG. 24 is a lower perspective view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a side elevation view thereof with the button in the extended position, and each side being identical;

FIG. 26 is a side elevation view thereof with the button in the depressed position, and each side being identical;

FIG. 27 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 28 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 29 is an upper perspective view of a container with a button in an extended position according to a fifth embodiment;

FIG. 30 is another upper perspective view thereof with the button in a depressed position;

FIG. 31 is a lower perspective view thereof;

FIG. 32 is a side elevation view thereof with the button in the extended position, and each side being identical;

FIG. 33 is a side elevation view thereof with the button in the depressed position, and each side being identical;

FIG. 34 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 35 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The container is shown broken along the height direction in FIGS. 29-33 to indicate indeterminate height, with the understanding the “indeterminate” height portion of the container not shown forms no part of the claimed design. Patentability is based only on those portions of the article that are shown in solid lines.

Claims

The ornamental design for a container, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D876176
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 29, 2017
Date of Patent: Feb 25, 2020
Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited (St. Michael)
Inventors: Noah Ziman Pentelovitch (New York, NY), Conor Patrick McNamara (Montclair, NJ), Makiko Kida (Chiba), Tamotsu Matsumoto (Chiba), Nobuyuki Ogasawara (Chiba), Yoshinori Nagata (Chiba)
Primary Examiner: Terry A Wallace
Application Number: 29/631,348
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/629