Container for cigarettes

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a first embodiment of a container for cigarettes of the present invention in a folded configuration;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevation view thereof, a right side elevation view thereof being a mirror image of the left side elevation view;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof, a rear elevation view thereof being a mirror image of the front elevation view;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof, a bottom plan view thereof being a mirror image of the top plan view;

FIG. 5 is a top perspective view of the first embodiment of the container for cigarettes in an unfolded configuration;

FIG. 6 is a left elevation view thereof, a right side elevation view thereof being a mirror image of the left side elevation view;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof, a bottom plan view thereof being a mirror image of the top plan view;

FIG. 8 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top perspective view of the first embodiment of the container for cigarettes in an unfolded configuration, with a lid region of one container portion shown in an open configuration;

FIG. 10 is a top perspective view of a second embodiment of the container for cigarettes of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view thereof, a left side elevation view thereof being a mirror image of the right side elevation view;

FIG. 12 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top plan view thereof, a bottom plan view thereof being a mirror image of the top plan view;

FIG. 15 is a top perspective view of the second embodiment of the container for cigarettes, with a lid region thereof shown in an open configuration;

FIG. 16 is a top perspective view of a third embodiment of a container for cigarettes of the present invention in a folded configuration;

FIG. 17 is a left side elevation view thereof, a right side elevation view thereof being a mirror image of the left side elevation view;

FIG. 18 is a front elevation view thereof, a rear elevation view thereof being a mirror image of the front elevation view;

FIG. 19 is a top plan view thereof, a bottom plan view thereof being a mirror image of the top plan view;

FIG. 20 is a rear elevation view of the third embodiment of the container for cigarettes in an unfolded configuration, a top perspective view thereof being identical to the view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 21 is a left elevation view thereof, a right side elevation view thereof being a mirror image of the left side elevation view; and,

FIG. 22 is a top plan view thereof, a bottom plan view thereof being a mirror image of the top plan view.

The ornamental design which is claimed is shown in solid lines in the drawings. The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claim and all other broken lines are for illustrative purposes only. None of the broken lines form a part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a container for cigarettes, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D575450
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 30, 2007
Date of Patent: Aug 19, 2008
Inventors: Wesley Steven Jones (Winston-Salem, NC), Pankaj Patel (Clemmons, NC), William Paul Scott (Clemmons, NC)
Primary Examiner: Jennifer Rivard
Attorney: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Application Number: 29/279,421
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Fully Enclosed (D27/189)