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Downdraft grill for a cooking appliance

Granted 31 Dec 2002 · no office action yet

Assignee: Maytag Corporation

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Inventors: Jeffrey Ware, Theodore A. Becker, Jerry Woodby · Examiner: Catherine R. Oliver · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/155,559
filed 14 Feb 2002
Publication
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US D467768
granted 31 Dec 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top right perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top right perspective view of our new downdraft grill design for a cooking appliance;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged upper right perspective view of the downdraft grill of FIG. 1 positioned upon a cooktop of a cooking appliance;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the downdraft grill of FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the downdraft grill of FIGS. 1 and 2, with the rear elevational view being a mirror image thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view of the downdraft grill of the invention, with the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof.

The broken lines showing the overall cabinet, cooktop, control knobs, front control panel, and front door/handle assembly are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed invention.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/407

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