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Towel bar bracket

Granted 22 Jul 2003 · no office action yet

Assignee: Moen Incorporated

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Inventors: Eric D. Green · Examiner: Brian N. Vinson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/166,457
filed 28 Aug 2002
Publication
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US D477486
granted 22 Jul 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top plan view of…

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of my new design for a towel bar bracket;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side elevation view.

The broken-line disclosure of a bar fragment in the views is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D06/550D65/24

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