Holder for taco shell or the like
CA 2216221 C · Owner: Proulx, Michel · Inventors: Proulx, Michel
Overview
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A holder for a taco shell or the like is formed with a taco shell receiving trough which is adapted for supporting a taco shell substantially upright. The taco shell receiving trough is defined by a narrow longitudinal support base panel having opposed longitudinal spaced-apart straight edges. An outwardly inclined rectangular side wall panel extends from each of the straight edges to form a substantially V-shaped receiving trough. A brace panel of rectangular shape extends from a straight top edge of each of the side wall panels and extends at an outward angle therefrom to a flat, surface engaging support foot, lying in a substantially common or parallel plane with the support base panel. …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 19, 1997 and granted July 17, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 19, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 19, 2019.
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