Hinged lid container with releasable locking means

- Mobil Oil Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a hinged lid container with releasable locking means, showing the container in the closed condition;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof, showing the container in the fully open condition;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof of the container in the closed condition;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the container in the closed condition;

FIG. 5 is a side view thereof, showing the container in the closed condition;

FIG. 6 is a side view thereof, showing the container in a partially opened condition;

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof, showing the container in the closed condition;

FIG. 8 is a front view thereof, showing the container in a partially opened condition; and,

FIG. 9 is a rear perspective view, showing the container in the closed condition.

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Patent History
Patent number: D353327
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 27, 1993
Date of Patent: Dec 13, 1994
Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation (Fairfax, VA)
Inventors: Glenn C. Castner (Victor, NY), Donald E. Rowe (Newark, NY)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar G. Deshmukh
Attorneys: Alexander J. McKillop, Malcolm D. Keen, L. Gene Wise
Application Number: 0/12,277
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9425; D/9341