Storage container base

- Rubbermaid Incorporated
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Description

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

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof; the left side elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D398151
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 23, 1996
Date of Patent: Sep 15, 1998
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventor: Richard B. Ahern, Jr. (Akron, OH)
Primary Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi
Attorney: Richard B. O'Plannick
Application Number: 0/57,346
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3304; D3/312; D3/307
International Classification: 0301;