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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front, left perspective view of a container showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof.

The uneven-length broken lines immediately adjacent to the shaded areas in FIGS. 1, and 4 through 7 define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part of thereof. The broken lines depicting the remainder of the container show features that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D878166
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 11, 2018
Date of Patent: Mar 17, 2020
Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC (Austin, TX)
Inventors: Mark Carlson Rane (Austin, TX), Elizaveta Morris (Austin, TX)
Primary Examiner: Derrick E Holland
Assistant Examiner: Andrew Kerr
Application Number: 29/643,768
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/629; D9/435