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Wall plate-burlap in frame

Granted 23 Sep 1980 · no office action yet

Current assignee: General Electric Company · originally General Electric

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Inventors: Joan K. Creamer, Donald DeLuca · Examiner: Wallace R. Burke · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application
619864
filed 6 Oct 1975
Publication
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US D256985
granted 23 Sep 1980

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a photographic perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a photographic perspective view of a wall plate for a switch illustrating our new design.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the wall plate of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a photographic front elevational view of a wall plate for a duplex receptacle illustrating our new design.

FIG. 4 is a photographic front elevational view of a wall plate for a side-by-side switch and receptacle illustrating our new design.

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the wall plate of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of the wall plate as in FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is an end plan view of the wall plate of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view of the wall plate of FIG. 5 taken in the direction of the arrows on line 8--8 of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a horizontal sectional view of the wall plate of FIG. 5 taken in the direction of the arrows on line 9--9 of FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a vertical elevational view of a wall plate for two side-by-side switches illustrating our new design, the surface pattern which is partially shown being understood to repeat uniformly across the circumscribed area.

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D08/353D08/351

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