Trash can

- simplehuman, LLC
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front, left-side perspective view of a trash can embodying our new design, the indefinite line breaks being omitted from this figure;

FIG. 2 is a top, rear, right-side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right-side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left-side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The trash can in accordance with the present design can have any length, as indicated by the variable line breaks in FIG. 1, 2, and 5-8. Additionally, all features illustrated in phantom line form no part of the claimed subject matter.

Claims

The ornamental design for a trash can, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D657108
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 4, 2011
Date of Patent: Apr 3, 2012
Assignee: simplehuman, LLC (Torrance, CA)
Inventors: Frank Yang (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA), Tzu-Hao Wei (Hacienda Heights, CA), Di-Fong Chang (Torrance, CA), Daniel Ballou (Long Beach, CA)
Primary Examiner: Cynthia Ramirez
Attorney: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
Application Number: 29/386,880
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: With Closure (D34/7)