Food storage container lid

- Rubbermaid Incorporated
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top left front perspective view of a food storage container lid showing my 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; and,

FIg. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof; the left side elevational view being a mirror image.

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Patent History
Patent number: D384551
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 17, 1996
Date of Patent: Oct 7, 1997
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventor: Richard B. Ahern, Jr. (Akron, OH)
Primary Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 0/55,918
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/73921; D7/391
International Classification: 0799;