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Dimmer switch

Granted 18 Mar 2003 · no office action yet

Application
29/151,502
filed 13 Nov 2001
Publication
Not published
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US D471880
granted 18 Mar 2003

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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 dimmer switch showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the second embodiment of the design of FIG. 1, the only difference being the IR window has been shifted downwardly on the pushbutton actuator;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the third embodiment of the design of FIG. 1, the only difference being the pushbutton actuator and the IR window is shown in solid black to indicate that the color of the pushbutton actuator and the IR window contrast with the color of remaining portions of the design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation of the design shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a left side elevation of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a right elevation view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevation view of the design shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevation view of the design shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of the design shown in FIG. 2

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the fourth embodiment of the design of FIG. 1, the only difference being the elimination of the airgap switch actuator at the bottom of the actuator mounting frame;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the fifth embodiment of the design of FIG. 14, the only difference being the IR window has been shifted downwardly on the pushbutton actuator;

FIG. 16 is a front elevation view of the design shown in FIG. 14;

FIG. 17 is a front elevation view of the design shown in FIG. 15;

FIG. 18 a bottom plan view of the design shown in FIG. 14; and,

FIG. 19 is a bottom plan view of the design shown in FIG. 15, the remaining views being identical to those of the second embodiment.

The broken line showing of the environment is for illustrative purpose only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/171

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Ted Shooman
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