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Vacuum cleaner

Granted 5 Jul 1994 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Bissell Homecare, Inc. · originally Giovanni Pino

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Inventors: Giovanni Pino · Examiner: Ruth McInroy · AU 294 · TC 2900

Application
927182
filed 7 Aug 1992
Publication
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US D348548
granted 5 Jul 1994

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an oblique view of one…

FIG. 1 is an oblique view of one embodiment of a vacuum cleaner, showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof, the side opposite being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the convertible vacuum cleaner;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an oblique view of a second embodiment of a convertible vacuum cleaner;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the vacuum in FIG. 7 with the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view of the vacuum in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the vacuum in FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view of the vacuum in FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a front elevational view of the vacuum in FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is an oblique view of a third embodiment of the convertible vacuum cleaner;

FIG. 14 is a side elevational view of the vacuum with the opposite side being a mirror image thereof of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view of the vacuum shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a top plan view of the vacuum shown in FIG. 13; and,

FIG. 17 is a rear elevational view thereof.

The electric cord is shown broken away in FIGS. 2-5, 8-11 and 14-17 and is understood to represent indeterminate length.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D32/18

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