Can end

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Description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In FIG. 5, the broken line arrows represent a sectional designation that forms no part of the claim.

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

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D997720
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 14, 2022
Date of Patent: Sep 5, 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: 29/868,787
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/438