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Hand-held programmer

Granted 28 Apr 1992 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC · originally Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

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Inventors: Rita R. Swartvagher, Doug W. Keeports, Elliot G. Jacoby, Jr., Noel Mayo +2 · Examiner: Wallace R. Burke · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application
491131
filed 8 Mar 1990
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US D325728
granted 28 Apr 1992

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front side perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top front side perspective view of a hand-held programmer showing our new design, the indicia is shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof opposite that shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The design is characterized in having a sloping front surface upon which is disposed a display in alignment with a plurality of push-buttons and a rotary encoder wheel.

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AUAU-113470-SS13 Mar 199219 Jul 1990publishedPortable programming unit

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