Container

- ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a back elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a container showing our new design;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a left elevation view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a right elevation view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a back elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a front elevation view thereof.

The broken line portion of the container in the figure drawings is included to show unclaimed subject matter only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a container, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D638701
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 8, 2010
Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
Assignee: ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc. (Omaha, NE)
Inventors: Catherine M. Shapiro (Omaha, NE), Jess C. Sweley (Omaha, NE), Brian M. Degner (Omaha, NE), Darin Charles Koestring (Evansville, IN), Todd Preston Yunker (Evansville, IN), Kenneth Paul Meissbach (Lawrence, KS)
Primary Examiner: Thomas J Johannes
Attorney: Advent
Application Number: 29/369,419
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/428