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Upright vacuum cleaner

Granted 28 Dec 1999 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Royal Appliance Mfg Co. · originally Royal Appliance Mfg. Co.

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Inventors: Richard C. Farone, Jeffrey M. Kalman, Craig M. Saunders, Charles J. Thur +3 · Examiner: Ruth McInroy · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 22 Jan 1997
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US D418265
granted 28 Dec 1999

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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; and,

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

The details shown in broken lines in FIGS. 1-6 are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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D32/22D32/31

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