Divided container

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top right front perspective view of a divided container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

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

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof; the left side elevational view being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D419869
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 20, 1999
Date of Patent: Feb 1, 2000
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventors: Christopher Loew (Palo Alto, CA), John Stoddard (Ben Lomond, CA)
Primary Examiner: Ted Shooman
Assistant Examiner: Carol Rademaker
Attorney: Richard B. O'Planick
Application Number: 0/99,339
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9341
International Classification: 0903;