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Toothbrush handle

Granted 1 Feb 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Gillette Canada Inc. · originally Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

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Inventors: William Alan Bredall, Max Yoshimoto, Maisie Wong-Paredes, Donna Beals +4 · Examiner: Alan P. Douglas · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 9 Feb 1998
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US D419773
granted 1 Feb 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is perspective view as seen from…

FIG. 1 is perspective view as seen from the top, front and right side of a toothbrush handle showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a reduced top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof where the left side view is a mirror image (unclaimed environmental structure being shown in broken lines);

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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D04/104

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