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(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: us 6,298,637 Bi
Weder (45) Date of Patent: *Oct. 9,2001
(54) PACKAGING MATERIAL
(75) Inventor: Donald E. Weder, Highland, IL (US)
(73) Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/717,540
(22) Filed: Nov. 21, 2000
Related U.S. Application Data
(60) Continuation of application No. 09/522,429, filed on Mar. 9, 2000, now Pat. No. 6,202,390, which is a division of application No. 09/293,561, filed on Apr. 15, 1999, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application No. 08/934,104, filed on Sep. 19, 1997, now abandoned.
(51) Int. C I. B65B 11/58
(52) U.S. CI 53/449; 53/472; 53/473
(58) Field of Search 53/472, 474, 449,
53/473, 175; 156/72, 297; 206/521, 584, 594, 814; 493/907, 967; 428/17, 85, 95, 96, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 152, 153, 304.4, 36.1, 36.3, 36.4, 90
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Exhibit A—"Beauty Grass®" brochure, not dated, published by Applicant, showing shredded grasses for sale. Exhibit B—"Highlander® Easter Season Headquarters" brochure, not dated, published by Applicant, showing shredded grasses for sale.
Exhibit C—"Make Highlander® Your Headquarters for Easter and Other Holidays" brochure, published in 1991 by Applicant, showing shredded grasses for sale. Exhibit D—Undated brochure, published by Applicant, showing shredded grasses for sale.
* cited by examiner
Primary Examiner—-John Sipos
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Dunlap, Codding & Rogers, PC.
