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Tape player

Granted 17 Jul 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sony Corporation · originally Sony Group Corporation

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Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Tetsu Kataoka, Keitaro Tsuboki · Examiner: Nanda Bondade · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
133942
filed 12 Dec 2000
Publication
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US D445103
granted 17 Jul 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 tape player showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

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

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view thereof.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/165

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