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Laundry products storage and dispensing unit adjacent to a clothes washer

Granted 25 Jun 1996 · no office action yet

Assignee: Smith Paul C

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Inventors: Paul C. Smith, Barbara J. Smith · Examiner: Alan P. Douglas · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 4 Apr 1994
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US D371014
granted 25 Jun 1996

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of a laundry products storage and dispensing unit showing our new design between a clothes washer and dryer;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the laundry products storage and dispensing unit incorporating a sheet goods dispenser in the front leg;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the laundry products storage and dispensing unit incorporating a refuse container in the front leg;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a forth embodiment of the laundry products storage and dispensing unit having a sheet goods dispenser incorporated in a refuse container in the front leg;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a fifth embodiment of the laundry products storage and dispensing unit incorporating a sheet goods dispenser in the front of the bin;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a sixth embodiment of the laundry products storage and dispensing unit incorporating a sheet goods dispenser in the front of the bin and a refuse container in the front leg;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view common to FIGS. 1-6;

FIG. 8 is a back elevational view common to FIGS. 1-6;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevatoinal view of the storage and dispensing unit of FIGS. 1 and 5;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view of the storage and dispensing unit of FIG. 2;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevational view of the storage and dispensing unit of FIGS. 3, 4 and 6;

FIG. 12 is a left side elevational view of the storage and dispensing unit of FIGS. 1 and 5;

FIG. 13 is a left side elevational view of the storage and dispensing unit of FIG. 2;

FIG. 14 is a left side elevational view of the storage and dispensing unit of FIGS. 3, 4, and 6;

FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view of the storage and dispensing unit of FIGS. 1 and 5;

FIG. 16 is a bottom plan view of the storage and dispensing unit of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 17 is a bottom plan view of the storage and dispensing unit of FIGS. 3, 4, and 6.

The clothes washer and dryer or portions thereof shown in broken lines in FIGS. 1-17 are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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D06/432D32/25

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