Lid for storage container

- Rubbermaid Incorporated
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top right front perspective view of a lid for storage container 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: D388957
Type: Grant
Filed: May 16, 1996
Date of Patent: Jan 13, 1998
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventor: Stacy L. Wolff (Houston, TX)
Primary Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 0/54,540
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3326; D9/435; D7/3921
International Classification: 0399;