Battery package

- Rayovac Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the 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 left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top perspective view of an alternative embodiment 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. 8 is a front elevational view thereof, in a closed configuration;

FIG. 9 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view thereof; and

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top perspective view of another alternative embodiment 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. 14 is a front elevational view thereof; in a closed configuration;

FIG. 15 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 17 is a top plan view thereof; and

FIG. 18 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a top perspective view of yet another alternative embodiment 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. 20 is a front elevational view thereof; in a closed configuration;

FIG. 21 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 23 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 24 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D419441
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 8, 1999
Date of Patent: Jan 25, 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: 0/100,237
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9423; D9/425
International Classification: 0907;