Storage container lid handle

- Rubbermaid Incorporated

Latest Rubbermaid Incorporated Patents:

Description

FIG. 1 is a top right front perspective view of a storage container lid handle showing our new design; the broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 4 is an enlarged right side elevational view thereof.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D286937 November 25, 1986 Schafer
D302774 August 15, 1989 Murphy
D316674 May 7, 1991 Poirier
D319016 August 13, 1991 Kahl
D319977 September 17, 1991 Curry
D328425 August 4, 1992 Brightbill
D339471 September 21, 1993 Maple et al.
D349646 August 16, 1994 Dickinson
D351504 October 18, 1994 Tarozzi
D355765 February 28, 1995 Miller
D355766 February 28, 1995 Miller
D356256 March 14, 1995 Romanoff
D358328 May 16, 1995 Huerto et al.
D360527 July 25, 1995 Corney et al.
D362117 September 12, 1995 Koenig et al.
D367361 February 27, 1996 Kobilarcik et al.
D368162 March 26, 1996 Miller
D374555 October 15, 1996 McMath
D374772 October 22, 1996 Hotaling et al.
D376260 December 10, 1996 Haley et al.
D376693 December 24, 1996 Wolff
D378552 March 25, 1997 Lippisch
D385190 October 21, 1997 Kobilarcik et al.
D390007 February 3, 1998 Ahern, Jr.
D390703 February 17, 1998 Haley
2944694 July 1960 Kinsey
5011013 April 30, 1991 Meisner et al.
5074413 December 24, 1991 Ikuta et al.
5213504 May 25, 1993 Lee et al.
5641065 June 24, 1997 Owens et al.
Other references
  • Catalog page, Storage container lid handles; Sterilite Corporation, P. O. Box 524, Main Street, Townsend, Massachusetts. Publication date 1990. Sell sheet, Storage container lid handles; Tucker Housewares, 25 Tucker Drive, Leominster, Massachusetts 01453. Published at least early as 1991.
Patent History
Patent number: D418300
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 1, 1998
Date of Patent: Jan 4, 2000
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventors: Charles W. Craft (Apple Creek, OH), Patrick Douglas (Minneapolis, MN)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: Robert A. Delehanty
Attorney: Richard B. O'Planick
Application Number: 0/94,392
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3323
International Classification: 0399;