Storage container

- Rubbermaid Incorporated

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top right front perspective view of a storage container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof; the left side elevational view being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Other references
  • Label, Storage box; Rhenanit, address unknown. It is believed that the product depicted herein has been on sale for more than one (1) year prior to the application date of this instant application. Label, Storage boxes; Dial Industries, Inc., Los Angeles, California 90023. It is believed that the product depicted herein has been on sale for more than one (1) year prior to the application date of this instant application. Catalog page, Storage boxes; Sterilite Corporation, P.O. Box 524, Main Street, Townsend, Massachusetts. Publication date 1990. P. 2, Storage boxes; Sterilite Corporation, P. O. Box 524, Main Street, Townsend, Massachusetts. Publication date 1993. Sell sheet, Storage boxes; Coast-to-Coast Container Corp., 94 Pinewood Gardens, Hartsdale, New York 10530. It is believed that the product depicted herein has been on sale for more than one (1) year prior to the application date of this instant application. P. 13, storage bocxes; Max Klein, Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913. It is believed that the product depicted herein has been on sale for more than one (1) year prior to the application date of this instant application. Pp. 10 and 11, Storage boxes; Tucker Housewares, 25 Tucker Drive, Leominster, Massachusetts 01453. Publication date 1992-1993. Label, Storage box, Tamor Plastics Corp., Leonminster, Massachusetts 01453. Published at least as early as 1992. Label, Storage box; Transco Housewares, A Division of Latch Industries, Cleveland, Ohio. Published at least as early as 1992. P. 8, Storage boxes; Rubbermaid Commercial Products Inc., 3124 Valley Avenue, Winchester, Virginia 22601. Publication date 1992. Pp. 2 and 7, Storage containers; Rubbermaid Incorporated, 1147 Akron Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691. Publication date 1988. Price list, Storage boxes; Tamor Plastics Corp., Leominster, Massachusetts 01453. Published at least as early as 1989.
Patent History
Patent number: D372123
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 14, 1994
Date of Patent: Jul 30, 1996
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventors: Albert T. Kobilarcik (Wooster, OH), Stacy L. Wolff (Akron, OH)
Primary Examiner: Terry A. Wallace
Assistant Examiner: Richelle Shelton
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 0/32,174
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3312; D3/314