Cigarette tobacco container

- Imperial Tobacco Limited
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the front and part of the top of a cigarette tobacco container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side elevational view being identical;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the front and part of the top of a second embodiment of the cigarette tobacco container wherein the only differences reside in the different lid and the proportions of the container;

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Patent History
Patent number: D370300
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 4, 1995
Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
Assignee: Imperial Tobacco Limited
Inventors: Frank Gottvald (Toronto), Robert Capling (Toronto)
Primary Examiner: Marcus A. Jackson
Law Firm: Beveridge, DeGrandi, Weilacher & Young
Application Number: 0/33,053