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;

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

FIG. 5 is bottom plan view a thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D391763
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 30, 1996
Date of Patent: Mar 10, 1998
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventor: Stacy L. Wolff (Houston, TX)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar G. Deshmukh
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 0/57,724
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3323
International Classification: 0399;