Portions of a fruit ripening container

Portions of a fruit ripening container
D550514

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Patent D550514
Priority Feb 23 2005
Filed Nov 23 2006
Issued Sep 11 2007
Expiry Sep 11 2021
Inventors McEldowney…
Assg.orig Chia C., C… Brent D., …
Assg.curr Chia C., C… Brent D., …
Entity unknown
Referenced by 6
References 66
Maint.: n/a

The ornamental design for portions of a fruit ripening container, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fruit ripening container.

FIG. 2 is a front view of portions of the fruit ripening container of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is top view of portions of the fruit ripening container of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the portions of a fruit ripening container of FIG. 1. The opposite side of the portions of a fruit ripening container is a mirror image of the side view.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a fruit ripening container.

FIG. 6 is a front view of portions of the fruit ripening container of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a top view of portions of the fruit ripening container of FIG. 5; and,

FIG. 8 is a side view of the portions of a fruit ripening container of FIG. 1. The opposite side portions of the fruit ripening container is a mirror image of the side shown.

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

INVENTORS:

McEldowney, Blake, Burton, Max, Chiang, Chia C., Sokol, Brent D.

THIS PATENT IS REFERENCED BY THESE PATENTS:

Patent	Priority	Assignee	Title
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D575113,	Feb 16 2005		Portions of a fruit ripening container
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ASSIGNMENT RECORDS Assignment records on the USPTO

Executed on	Assignor	Assignee	Conveyance	Frame	Reel	Doc
Nov 23 2006		Chia C., Chiang	(assignment on the face of the patent)
Nov 23 2006		Brent D., Sokol	(assignment on the face of the patent)

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