Container for brewing beer

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Description

FIG. 1 is an upper front perspective view of a container for brewing beer.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the container for brewing beer of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the container for brewing beer of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of the container for brewing beer of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a rear elevation view of the container for brewing beer of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view of the container for brewing beer of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side elevation of the container for brewing beer of FIG. 1.

The broken lines in the drawing views show portions of the container for brewing beer, and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

I claim the ornamental design for a container for brewing beer, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D961318
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 26, 2020
Date of Patent: Aug 23, 2022
Assignee: CM Brewing Technologies, LLC (Tustin, CA)
Inventor: Curtis C. Kucera (Temecula, CA)
Primary Examiner: Mary Ann Calabrese
Assistant Examiner: Natalya M Rapundalo
Application Number: 29/729,400
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/313; D7/306