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Towel bar

Granted 29 Jul 2003 · no office action yet

Assignee: Moen Incorporated

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Inventors: Christopher Jon Gilbert · Examiner: Brian N. Vinson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/162,595

filed 18 Jun 2002

Publication

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US D477740

granted 29 Jul 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the towel bar of my new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side view, the left side being the reverse of the view shown;

FIG. 3 is a top view;

FIG. 4 is a front view;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear view.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a towel bar, as shown and described.

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2 codes

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D06/549

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Examiner

Brian N. Vinson

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D477740-S	S1	29 Jul 2003	18 Jun 2002	granted	Towel bar

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-151200-S	S	24 Mar 2003	10 Dec 2002	published	Towel bar
CA	CA-101257-S	S	22 Jan 2004	18 Nov 2002	granted	Towel bar

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