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United States Patent Office
Des. Patented June 16 1970
HOLDER FOR A BEVERAGE CAN OR THE LIKE
Lester E. Hilliard 1709 45th St.
Des Moines Iowa 50311
Filed June 10 1968 Ser. No. 12 282
Term of patent 14 years
Int. CI. D7—99 U.S. CI. D44—29
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a holder for a beverage References Cited
can or the like showing my new design; UNITED STATES PATENTS
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof; D. 187 500
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof as viewed
3/1960 Jennings et al. D9—291
from the left-hand side of FIG. 2; 1 596 076 8/1926 Clancy.
FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof; and 3 232 422 2/1966 Whyte.
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof. 1 146 334 7/1915 Lehman et al. 294—31.2
I claim: 2 632 666 3/1953 Cunningham 294—31.2
The ornamental design for a holder for a beverage can JOEL STEARMAN Primary Examiner
or the like substantially as shown.
