Storage container

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Description

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

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

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

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view therof.

The bottom of the storage container forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D401763
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 30, 1996
Date of Patent: Dec 1, 1998
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventor: Stacy L. Wolff (Houston, TX)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 0/57,723
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3273; D3/302; D9/424
International Classification: 0301;