Bottle closure

- Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a bottle closure showing our new design, the rear view being a mirrror image thereof;

FIG. 2 is a top view of a bottle closure depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the bottle closure depicted in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a side view of the bottle closure depicted in FIG. 1 representing a partial rotation of the bottle closure about its veritcal center axis from the front view depicted in FIG. 1, the opposite side view being a mirror iamge thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D405693
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 6, 1996
Date of Patent: Feb 16, 1999
Assignee: Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. (Chicago, IL)
Inventors: John M. Bretz (Crystal Lake, IL), Susan L. Colten (Wilmette, IL), Rachel Orland (Chicago, IL), Jeffrey L. Pattee (Palatine, IL), Stephen B. Soneson (Winfield, IL), Susan Vanderwiel (Palatine, IL)
Primary Examiner: James Gandy
Assistant Examiner: Cathron B. Matta
Attorney: Lars S. Johnson
Application Number: 0/63,720
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9447; D9/493
International Classification: 0907;