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Wall plate

Granted 5 Apr 1977 · no office action yet

Current assignee: General Electric Company · originally General Electric

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Inventors: Joan K. Creamer · Examiner: William N. Wertman · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application
621271
filed 10 Oct 1975
Publication
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US D243921
granted 5 Apr 1977

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a wall plate embodying my new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is an end plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a sectional end view thereof taken along a line 4--4 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view thereof taken along a line 6--6 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of another form of the wall plate of this invention, including openings of a switch and receptacle configuration;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of another form of the wall plate of this invention and particularly one for a duplex receptacle;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of still another form of the wall plate of this invention and illustrating a double gang switch plate.

A characteristic feature is the overall configuration of the wall plate taken together with the array of decorative matter on the decorated surface of the plate.

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General Electric Company 1976. The drawings of this patent document contain material to which a claim of copyright is made. The copyright owner, assignee herein, has no objection to the duplication of the patent drawing, but reserves all other copyright rights whatsoever. A certified copy of the certificate of copyright registration as registered by the U.S. Copyright Office is in the file of the application of this patent.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/351

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