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Diskette drive casing

Granted 3 Jul 1990 · no office action yet

Assignee: International Business Machines

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Inventors: Hunter T. Foy, Pedro M. Alfonso · Examiner: Susan J. Lucas · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 31 Mar 1987

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US D308966

granted 3 Jul 1990

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, right side…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right side perspective view of the diskette drive casing showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged elevational view thereof on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof on an enlarged scale.

The broken lines are shown on the front panel of the housing in FIGS. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 for illustrative purposes only.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a diskette drive casing, as shown and described.

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D14/109

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D308966-S	S	3 Jul 1990	31 Mar 1987	granted	Diskette drive casing

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-102084-S	S	1 Dec 1988	29 Sep 1987	published	Diskette drive casing

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