Food storage container top

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Description

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

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view being a mirror image;

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

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D377733
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 11, 1995
Date of Patent: Feb 4, 1997
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventors: Richard B. Ahern, Jr. (Akron, OH), Derek Campbell (Dayton, OH), Maaike Evers (Columbus, OH), Debra A. Fritsch (Grand Rapids, MI), Norio Fujikawa (Columbus, OH), David Gresham (East Hampton, NY), Paul J. Kudirka (Ada, MI), Mark Metzler (Alto, MI), Donald J. Staufenberg (Dublin, OH), Michael Sullivan (Ada, MI)
Primary Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 0/47,670
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/73921; D7/391