Filter closure

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a filter closure;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the claimed design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is right side view of the claimed design of FIG. 1, the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the claimed design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a back view of the claimed design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the claimed design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom perspective view of the claimed design of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom perspective view from an opposite side from FIG. 7 of the claimed design of FIG. 1.

In the drawings, the broken lines depict environmental subject matter only that forms no part of the claim.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a filter closure, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D760077
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 29, 2014
Date of Patent: Jun 28, 2016
Assignee: Mercola.com Health Resources, LLC (Hoffman Estates, IL)
Inventors: Steven Andrew Rye (Glendale Heights, IL), Paul Mulhauser (New York, NY), Kyungmin Andy Lee (New York, NY)
Primary Examiner: Robert M Spear
Assistant Examiner: Darcey E Heflin
Application Number: 29/497,805
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/436