Tubular food container

- Recot, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a tubular food container showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of a second embodiment of the tubular food container;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a side elevational view of a third embodiment of the tubular food container;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of a fourth embodiment of the tubular food container;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is perspective view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken along line 11--11 of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 12 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view taken along line 12--12 of FIG. 2.

The top and bottom of the third (FIG. 7) and fourth (FIG. 8) are the same as disclosed in FIGS. 3 and 4 of the first embodiment (FIG. 1).

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Patent History
Patent number: D420284
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 20, 1998
Date of Patent: Feb 8, 2000
Assignee: Recot, Inc. (Pleasanton, CA)
Inventor: Joseph P. Sagel (Lewisville, TX)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh
Law Firm: Rothwell Figg Ernst & Kurz, P.C.
Application Number: 0/86,739
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9428; D9/552
International Classification: 0907;