Plastic bottle including a grip portion

- Ball Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of the front side of a plastic bottle including a grip portion in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side elevation of the right side of the plastic bottle shown in FIG. 1, the left side being a mirror image thereof.

FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the back side of the plastic bottle shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the plastic bottle shown in the prior figures.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the plastic bottle shown in the prior figures, showing the back and right sides; and,

FIG. 7 is a dead section of the plastic bottle shown in the prior figures, the section being taken along line 7--7 from FIG. 1.

The broken lines shown in FIG. 4 are for illustrative purposes only and do not form part of the claimed design.

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D316967 May 21, 1991 York
D379763 June 10, 1997 Ewing, Jr.
D390114 February 3, 1998 Young
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Patent History
Patent number: D429164
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 16, 1999
Date of Patent: Aug 8, 2000
Assignee: Ball Corporation (Broomfield, CO)
Inventors: William Jerome Peek (Lithonia, GA), George R. Conrad (Alpharetta, GA), Craig P. Davis (Atlanta, GA)
Primary Examiner: Lucy Lieberman
Law Firm: Locke Reynolds LLP
Application Number: 0/110,926
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/9540; D9/520; D9/557
International Classification: 0901;