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Hand-held personal hygiene instrument

Granted 11 Jul 2000 · no office action yet

Assignee: Wenger William K

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Inventors: Sandra T. Pierre, William K. Wenger · Examiner: Stella Reid · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 24 Dec 1998

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US D428147

granted 11 Jul 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is an end elevation thereof;

FIG. 3 is an opposite end elevation thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation thereof;

FIG. 5 is an opposite side elevation thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a hand-held personal hygiene instrument, as shown and described.

Classifications

4 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section A — Human necessities

A47K7/08

USPC · US Patent Classification

D24/133D28/63D41/38

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Stella Reid

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D428147-S	S	11 Jul 2000	24 Dec 1998	granted	Hand-held personal hygiene instrument
WO	WO-0038563-A1	A1	6 Jul 2000	14 Dec 1999	published	Appareil d'hygiene personnellefr
WO	WO-0038563-A9	A9	1 Nov 2001	14 Dec 1999	published	Appareil d'hygiene personnellefr

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-2188400-A	A	31 Jul 2000	14 Dec 1999	published	A personal hygiene appliance

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