Tool box

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Description

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

FIG. 2 is an end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof.

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  • Copy of Keter Plastic Ltd brochure entitled "Keter Stools". All of the stools shown in this brochure were on sale in the U.S. more than 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 prio to the filing of this application.
Patent History
Patent number: D376909
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 27, 1995
Date of Patent: Dec 31, 1996
Assignee: Contico International, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
Inventors: Thomas Dickinson (St. Louis, MO), Bradley D. Gale (St. Louis, MO)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Law Firm: Howell & Haferkamp, L.C.
Application Number: 0/48,808
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3281