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Flashlight

Granted 28 Aug 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc. · originally Energizer Battery Company Inc.

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Inventors: Joseph P. Gardner, Scott W. Osiecki, Ronald K. Kingston, Peter F. Lynch · Examiner: Marcus A. Jackson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
116345
filed 30 Dec 1999
Publication
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US D447259
granted 28 Aug 2001

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the front and a first side of the flashlight of the present invention, with the broken line showing for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is an elevational view of a second side of the flashlight of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the top of the flashlight of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the front of the flashlight of the present invention; and,

FIG. 5 is an elevational view of the rear of the flashlight of the present invention.

The top and bottom of the flashlight are substantially identical and the first and second sides are substantially identical.

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D26/49

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