Base portion of a fruit ripening display

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a base portion of a fruit ripening container.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the base portion of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is side view of the base portion of FIG. 1. The opposite side of the base portion is a mirror image of the side view shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 4 is a top view of the base portion of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 5 is a back view of the base portion of FIG. 1.

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

Claims

The ornamental design for a base portion of a fruit ripening display, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D550515
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 23, 2006
Date of Patent: Sep 11, 2007
Assignees: (Los Angeles, CA), (Los Angeles, CA)
Inventors: Chia C. Chiang (Los Angeles, CA), Blake McEldowney (New York, NY), Max Burton (Portland, OR), Brent D. Sokol (Los Angeles, CA)
Primary Examiner: Terry A. Wallace
Attorney: Brent D. Sokol, Esq.
Application Number: 29/250,628
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/629