Upper rim for shopping basket

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Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view, the other side elevational view being a mirror image thereof, of an upper rim for shopping basket showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front end elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view thereof being a mirro image;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4--4 of FIG. 3; and,

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5--5 of FIG. 3.

The broken line representation of environmental structure is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D384815
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 12, 1995
Date of Patent: Oct 14, 1997
Inventor: Houston Rehrig (Washington, DC)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar G. Deshmukh
Law Firm: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Application Number: 0/45,206
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3318
International Classification: 0399;