Food container
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Description
Stippling and tangency lines in the drawings represent the three-dimensional contours of the design, and are not intended to indicate surface decoration.
Claims
The ornamental design for a food container, as shown and described.
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Patent History
Patent number: D827452
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 22, 2017
Date of Patent: Sep 4, 2018
Assignee: ZUME, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: Julia Collins (San Francisco, CA), Casper W. Chiang (Danville, CA), Chester Wajda (San Francicso, CA)
Primary Examiner: Lauren R Calve
Application Number: 29/618,670
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 22, 2017
Date of Patent: Sep 4, 2018
Assignee: ZUME, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: Julia Collins (San Francisco, CA), Casper W. Chiang (Danville, CA), Chester Wajda (San Francicso, CA)
Primary Examiner: Lauren R Calve
Application Number: 29/618,670
Classifications
Current U.S. Class:
D9/756;
D9/761