Single-step tool box

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Description

FIG. 1 is an orthographic projection of a single-step tool box showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a back elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom elevational view thereof.

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  • Copy of Contico Automotive (a Division of Contico International, Inc.) catalog sheet entitled "Organizers-Containers-Accessories", pp. 85-10. The Examiner should assume that all of the products shown on this sheet were on sale in the U.S. more than a year prior to the filing of this application. Copy of Keter Plastic Ltd. brochure entitled "Keter Stools". The Examiner should assume that all of the stools shown in this brochure were on sale in the U.S. more than a year prior to the filing of this application. Copy of Rubbermaid 1993 catalog sheet entitled "Step Stools And Totes", p. 18. The Examiner should assume that the step stools shown in the upper left and upper right of the catalog sheet were on sale in the U.S. more than a year prior to the filing of this application. Photographs of Rubbermaid ROUGHNECK step stool tool box. The Examiner should assume that the tool box shown in these photographs was on sale in the U.S. more than a year prior to the filing of this application.
Patent History
Patent number: D355828
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 22, 1993
Date of Patent: Feb 28, 1995
Assignee: Contico International, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
Inventors: Thomas Dickinson (St. Louis, MO), Bradley D. Gale (St. Louis, MO)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Jeffry H. Musgrove
Law Firm: Rogers, Howell & Haferkamp
Application Number: 0/15,572
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/71; D/6349