Cigarette tobacco container

- Imperial Tobacco Limited
Description

FIG. 1 is a persective 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 rear perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the front and part of the top of a second embodiment of the cigarette tobacco container.

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Patent History
Patent number: D373847
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 17, 1995
Date of Patent: Sep 17, 1996
Assignee: Imperial Tobacco Limited (Montreal)
Inventors: Frank Gottvald (Toronto), Robert Capling (Toronto)
Primary Examiner: Susan J. Lucas
Assistant Examiner: Jennifer Regester
Law Firm: Beveridge, DeGrandi, Weilacher & Young, LLP
Application Number: 0/46,513
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Fully Enclosed (D27/189)