Container with lid

Description

FIG. 1 is a top and side perspective view of a first embodiment of a container with lid, showing my new design, the shading indicting contour only and not being a feature of the design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of a second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of a third embodiment thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of a fourth embodiment thereof;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged elevational view of a fragment thereof encircled in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of a fifth embodiment thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the container of FIG. 6, the bottom plan view of all the containers being identical, and all the containers being figures of revolution about a vertical axis, apart from the projections on the bottoms thereof;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of a lid for a set of containers according to the invention;

FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 8 but rotated 90.degree. about a vertical axis;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view taken from the top of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 11 is a view similar to FIG. 6 but with the container rotated 90.degree. about a vertical axis.

The lid is the same for all the containers.

The difference between FIG. 1 and the alternate embodiments is the varying sizes. The lid is shown separately in FIGS. 8-11 for clarity of illustration.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D276684 December 11, 1984 Sublett
D335428 May 11, 1993 Picozza et al.
D350875 September 27, 1994 VanValkenburg et al
3578467 May 1971 Huber
Patent History
Patent number: D435398
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 26, 1998
Date of Patent: Dec 26, 2000
Assignee: Artel Industries Limited (Palmerston North)
Inventor: Giovanni Arduini (Milan)
Primary Examiner: Terry A. Wallace
Law Firm: Young & Thompson
Application Number: 0/95,576
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/7615
International Classification: 0902;