Beverage can with surface ornamentation

- Coors Brewing Company
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of a beverage can with surface ornamentation showing our new design, of which the rear, left and right elevation views are identical to FIG. 1;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of a second embodiment of a beverage can with surface ornamentation, showing our new design of which the rear, left and right elevation views are identical to FIG. 4 and of which the top plan view and bottom plan view are identical to FIGS. 2 and 3, respectively.

The rice grain-shaped surface details on the lower portion of the beverage can in FIGS. 1 and 4 are shallow indentations, the depth of which can be seen in profile on the left and right side edges of the beverage can in FIGS. 1 and 4.

The broken lines showing the top and bottom of the can in FIGS. 2 and 3 are for illustrative purposes only and do not form part of the claimed design.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D175182 July 1955 Meditz
D200111 January 1965 Traner
D345507 March 29, 1994 Granai
2063013 December 1936 Cooper
2139143 December 1938 Wiswell
3825151 July 1974 Arnaud
4685582 August 11, 1987 Pulciani et al.
5762230 June 9, 1998 Policappelli
5868272 February 9, 1999 Deal
Patent History
Patent number: D422221
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 7, 1999
Date of Patent: Apr 4, 2000
Assignee: Coors Brewing Company (Golden, CO)
Inventors: Patrick B. Edson (Lakewood, CO), Joseph R. Haake (Broomfield, CO), Ray A. Toms (Golden, CO)
Primary Examiner: Lucy Lieberman
Attorney: Klaas, Law, O'Meara & Malkin, P.C.
Application Number: 0/106,048
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9551; D9/518
International Classification: 0903;