Closure

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Description

The sole FIGURE is a perspective view of a closure of the invention, whereas the bottom view forms no part of the invention and the rear view is identical to the front view, it being understood that the sidewall band pattern repeats uniformly throughout the circumference of the closure.

Claims

The ornamental design for a closure, substantially as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D438800
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 10, 2000
Date of Patent: Mar 13, 2001
Assignee: Alcoa Closure Systems International (Crawfordsville, IN)
Inventors: Jeffrey E. Brant (Crawfordsville, IN), Richard Laveault (Crawfordsville, IN), Thomas P. Hennessy (Indianapolis, IN), Chon Tsai (Brownsburg, IN)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Rockey, Milnamow & Katz, Ltd.
Application Number: 29/119,947
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/451
International Classification: 0907;