Storage container

Description

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

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof; the right side elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top front right perspective view of a storage container showing a second embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of FIG. 7.

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 7; and,

FIG. 14 is an in use top front right perspective view thereof.

The broken line showing of two wheels in FIG. 14 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D387558
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 5, 1996
Date of Patent: Dec 16, 1997
Assignee: Rubbermaid Specialty Products Inc. (Wooster, OH)
Inventors: David G. Mann (Wooster, OH), Kevin Rausch (Wooster, OH), Matthew Williams (North Canton, OH)
Primary Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 0/55,375
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3312; D3/307; D9/425
International Classification: 0301;