Upper portion of a container

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an upper portion of a container, embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side elevational view being the same;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof.

The broken lines shown in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an upper portion of a container, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D485178
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 6, 2001
Date of Patent: Jan 13, 2004
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company (Cincinnati, OH)
Inventors: Frederic Louis Lucien Pouillot (Cincinnati, OH), Jelle Dankert Vuijk (Rome), John Russell Lawson (Cincinnati, OH)
Primary Examiner: Lucy Lieberman
Attorney, Agent or Law Firms: Thibault Fayette, Kim William Zerby, Steven W. Miller
Application Number: 29/150,475
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/434; D9/435
International Classification: 0907;