Paint container

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front, left, and top perspective view of the paint container in a fully assembled configuration, showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the paint container of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the paint container of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the paint container of FIG. 1, and the right side elevational view is a mirror image of FIG. 4;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the paint container of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the paint container of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a rear, right, and bottom perspective view of the paint container of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of the paint container in a folded configuration;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view of the paint container of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view of the paint container of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the paint container of FIG. 8, and the bottom plan view is a mirror image of FIG. 11;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view of the paint container of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a right side elevational view of the paint container of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 14 is a rear, right, and bottom perspective view of the paint container of FIG. 8.

The drawings include evenly short dashed lines for the purpose of illustrating the boundary of an opening in the front side of the container, which opening does not form any part of the claimed design. The drawings also include long dash-short dashed lines to show symbolic breaks in the paint container and to convey that the appearance of any portion of the box between the break lines forms no part of the claimed design. The drawings also include long dash-short dash-short to depict folding lines that form part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D818822
Type: Grant
Filed: May 26, 2015
Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
Inventor: Alec Machin (Leicestershire)
Primary Examiner: Vy N Koenig
Assistant Examiner: Omeed Agilee
Application Number: 29/528,097
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/432