Ecology can end

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the ecology can end;

FIG. 2 is another top perspective view of the ecology can end;

FIG. 3 is a bottom perspective view of the ecology can end;

FIG. 4 is another bottom perspective view of the ecology can end;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the ecology can end;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the ecology can end;

FIG. 7 is a side elevation view of the ecology can end; and,

FIG. 8 is section view taken in the direction of line 8-8 shown in FIG. 5.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the ecology can end that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an ecology can end, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D977971
Type: Grant
Filed: May 25, 2022
Date of Patent: Feb 14, 2023
Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC (Centennial, CO)
Inventors: Dennis Cornelius Stammen (Brookville, OH), Robert Joseph Will (Maria Stein, OH), Christopher Lawrence Macke (Sidney, OH), Patrick Kevin McCarty (Dayton, OH), Robert Herbert Brussell (New Bremen, OH), Greg Scott Williams (Wapakoneta, OH), Steven Todd Albright (Covington, OH)
Primary Examiner: Darcey E Gottschalk
Application Number: 29/839,991
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/438