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Handle for a kitchen utensil

Granted 19 Apr 1994 · no office action yet

Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated

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Inventors: Andre Doxey · Examiner: Alan P. Douglas · AU 293 · TC 2900

Application
818966
filed 10 Jan 1992
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US D346091
granted 19 Apr 1994

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, right, and front…

FIG. 1 is a top, right, and front perspective view of a handle for a kitchen utensil showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof; the opposite side being a mirror image;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top, right and front perspective view of a second embodiment of my new design of FIGS. 1-6;

FIG. 8 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view thereof; the opposite side being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof. The top plan view would be as shown in FIG. 4.

The broken line showing of a spoon bowl in FIGS. 1 and 7 is environmental only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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