Food container bottom

- Boise Cascade Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a food container bottom of the present invention. The broken line showing a food container with a top portion in a partially opened position is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the food container bottom as viewed along line 2--2 in FIG. 5;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the food container bottom;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of an alternative embodiment of a food container bottom of the present invention. It being understood that the sole difference between the embodiments is in the shape, and its bottom is flat and unornamented and its cross-section is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2. The food container is shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design; and,

FIG. 5 is an enlarged, top plan view of a portion of the food container bottom of the present invention from FIG. 1 or 4.

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Patent History
Patent number: D407314
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 26, 1996
Date of Patent: Mar 30, 1999
Assignee: Boise Cascade Corporation (Boise, ID)
Inventors: Frederick A. Rench (Boise, ID), Michael E. Watanabe (Nampa, ID)
Primary Examiner: James Gandy
Assistant Examiner: Cathron B. Matta
Application Number: 0/49,497
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9456
International Classification: 0907;