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Car charger

Granted 2 May 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated · originally Altria Group, Inc.

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Inventors: Toshio Ishikawa, Shozo Minagawa · Examiner: Joel Sincavage · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 6 Jan 1999
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US D424015
granted 2 May 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a car charger showing our new design with the device to be charged shown in phantom;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 i s a bottom plan view thereof.

The plug portion of the charger is omitted for convenience of illustration, the appearance of which is a mirror image of that shown in FIG. 3.

The phantom line showing device to be charged in FIGS. 1 and 2 is included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure only and forms no part of the claimed design.

The cord in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4 is shown broken away to indicate an indeterminate length.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/108

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