Paint container
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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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