9V battery package

- Rayovac Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the 9V battery package of this invention in an open configuration, with an array of batteries located therein shown as environmental material, the batteries forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof; in a closed configuration;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being a mirror image thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D419137
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 24, 1999
Date of Patent: Jan 18, 2000
Assignee: Rayovac Corporation (Madison, WI)
Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney (Sun Prairie, WI), Gerald A. Albright (Middleton, WI), Ron G. Hellenbrand (Middleton, WI), Ross Mack (Dane, WI)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh
Law Firm: Lathrop & Clark LLP
Application Number: 0/107,054
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D13/423; D9/425
International Classification: 0907;