Strainer

- Rubbermaid Incorporated

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top right front perspective view of a strainer showing my new design. Representative portions of the straining aperture area are shown in FIGS. 3 through 6 for simplicity, with the complete aperture area depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D251050 February 13, 1979 Wallsten
D314315 February 5, 1991 Darnell
Other references
  • Sell sheet, strainers, Bonny Products, Inc., street address unknown, Quakertown, Pa. 18951. Publication date Jul. 1990. Sell sheet, strainers and colander, Bonny Products, Inc., street address unknown, Quakertown, Pa. 18951. Publication date 1985. Sell sheet, colanders, The Foley Company, P.O. Box 648, Manitowoc, Wis. 54220. Publication date Feb., 1984. Sell sheet, strainers, The Foley Company, P.O. Box 648, Manitowoc, Wis. 54220. Publication date Nov., 1985. Catalog page, colander, Sterilite, 198 Main Street, P.O. Box 524, Townsend, Mass. 01469. Publication date 1989. Sell sheet, colander, Tucker Housewares, 345 Central Street, Leominster, Mass. 01453. Publication date 1989. Price list, colander, Corning Inc., Houghton Park, Corning, N.Y. 14830. Publication date 1990. Price list, strainers, Ekco Housewares Inc., 98 Spit Brook Road, Nashua, N.H. 03062. Publication date Sep., 1987. P. 21, Colander, Curver, Takkebysters 75, Postbus 6810, 4802 HV Breda. Publication date Jan., 1991. P. 18, strainer and colander, Dupol-Rubbermaid GmbH, An der Trift 63, D-6072 Dreieich. Publication date 1989. P. 19, colander, Rubbermaid Incorporated, 1147 Akron Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691. Publication date 1976. P. 17, colander, Rubbermaid Incorporated, 1147 Akron Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691. Publication date 1986. Catalog Page, Strainer, Iwasaki Industry Inc., No. 26 Showa Kogyo Danchi, 1216-5, Nukatabe Kita-machi, Yamato-Koriyama, Nara, 639-11 Japan. It is believed that the product depicted herein has been on sale for more than one year prior to the application date of this instant application.
Patent History
Patent number: D334691
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 9, 1991
Date of Patent: Apr 13, 1993
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventor: David L. Feer (Medina, OH)
Primary Examiner: Terry A. Pfeffer
Attorney: Richard B. O'Planick
Application Number: 7/804,163
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/7667