Football-shaped container

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top/right side view of the football-shaped container of our invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the football-shaped container;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the football-shaped container;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the football-shaped container;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the football-shaped container;

FIG. 6 is a top view the football-shaped container;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the football-shaped container;

FIG. 8 is an exploded, right side view of the football-shaped container; and,

FIG. 9 is an exploded, right side perspective view of the football-shaped container.

Claims

The ornamental design for a football-shaped container, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D875544
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 19, 2018
Date of Patent: Feb 18, 2020
Assignee: Cool Ideas, LLC (Fairhaven, MA)
Inventors: Kristopher J. Peters (Fairhaven, MA), Paul E. Jewett (Whitman, MA)
Primary Examiner: Sandra L Morris
Application Number: 29/663,784
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/668