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Vending machine or similar article

Granted 9 Jul 1991 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. · originally Dr. Pepper Company

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Inventors: James H. Sullivan · Examiner: A. Hugo Word · AU 294 · TC 2900

Application
101352
filed 25 Sep 1987
Publication
Not published
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US D318071
granted 9 Jul 1991

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front and right side…

FIG. 1 is a front and right side perspective view of a vending machine or similar article showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front and right side perspective view of a modified form of the vending machine shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof, the rear and bottom of the machine are substantially plain and unadorned and the right side of the machine shown in FIG. 5 which is not disclosed is the mirror image of the left side disclosed therein, the broken line showing of the indicia in FIGS. 1-3 and 5 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D20/5

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