Storage container with lid

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top left front perspective view of a storage container with lid showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof; the left side elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D421678
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 5, 1999
Date of Patent: Mar 21, 2000
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventor: Reginald Levy (Kent, OH)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Attorney: Richard B. O'Planick
Application Number: 0/102,965
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3279; D3/302
International Classification: 0301;