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Sprayer

Granted 20 Feb 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company · originally Procter & Gamble

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Inventors: Gerald Boyd Zinnbauer, David Edward Wilson · Examiner: Paula A. Mortimer · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

109604

filed 18 Aug 1999

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US D437978

granted 20 Feb 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sprayer, embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof; the left side elevational view thereof being a mirror image;

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

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a sprayer, as shown and described.

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2 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D28/91.1D28/7

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Paula A. Mortimer

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D437978-S	S1	20 Feb 2001	18 Aug 1999	granted	Sprayer

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-141720-S	S	7 Sep 2000	10 Feb 2000	published	Sprayer cartridge

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