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Upright vacuum cleaner

Granted 8 Sep 1998 · no office action yet

Assignee: Royal Appliance Mfg. Co.

Inventors: Craig M. Saunders, David M. Brickner, John S. Murphy, Jeffrey M. Kalman +3 · Examiner: Ruth McInroy · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 10 Jan 1997

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US D398097

granted 8 Sep 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is perspective view of a first…

FIG. 1 is perspective view of a first embodiment of an upright vacuum cleaner showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the vacuum cleaner of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view of the vacuum cleaner of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the vacuum cleaner of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the vacuum cleaner of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the vacuum cleaner of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of vacuum cleaner of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is perspective view of second embodiment of an upright vacuum cleaner showing our new design;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the vacuum cleaner of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view of the vacuum cleaner of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a left side elevational view of vacuum cleaner of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is rear elevational view of the vacuum cleaner of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the vacuum cleaner of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the vacuum cleaner of FIG. 8.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for an upright vacuum cleaner, as shown and described .

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D32/22

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