Food container

- Tenneco Packaging, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a food container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view;

FIG. 3 is a front view;

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

FIG. 5 is a rear view.

The bottom of the food container forms no part of the claimed design.

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  • BonFaire Disposable Food Service Products Brochure. .COPYRGT.BonFaire by Placon Corporation, 1990. Gourmet Display Product Catalog, and in particular, pp. 10, 22-23 (Date unknown). Plastics Engineering, Oct. 1989, p. 10, illustrating BonFaire Microwaveable Packaging by Placon Corporation. FIGs. 2A-2B Drawing (showing a top and a bottom perspective view of a container), IVEX Corp. (Date unknown). FIGs. 3A-3B Drawing (showing a top and a bottom perspective view of a container), IVEX Corp. (Date unknown). Hexquisite.TM. line of containers, FIGs 1-14; Tenneco Packaging Inc., Lake Forest, IL, pp. 14 (Date unknown).
Patent History
Patent number: D427525
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 10, 1998
Date of Patent: Jul 4, 2000
Assignee: Tenneco Packaging, Inc. (Lake Forest, IL)
Inventors: Thomas J. Hayes (McHenry, IL), Mark A. Erickson (McHenry, IL), Raj K. Mangla (Pittsford, NY), Mark Spencer (Gurnee, IL), Michael J. A. Sagan (Marshall, WI)
Primary Examiner: Ted Shooman
Assistant Examiner: Carol Rademaker
Law Firm: Jenkens & Gilchrist
Application Number: 0/90,541
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9431
International Classification: 0903;