Medicine container

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a medicine container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the opposite side of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines shown in the drawings illustrate portions of a medicine container that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D1121306
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 14, 2023
Date of Patent: Apr 7, 2026
Assignee: Cabinet Health P.B.C. (Brooklyn, NY)
Inventors: Russell Eliot Gong (Weston, CT), Achal Apurva Patel (Brooklyn, NY)
Primary Examiner: Bao-Yen T Nguyen
Assistant Examiner: Caitlin A Laverty
Application Number: 29/894,770
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D3/203.2