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Vegetation trimmer

Granted 16 Sep 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Black & Decker Inc. · originally Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Inventors: Ted Andrew Kimball, Sean David Wilkinson, David S. Strong, Weston J. Van Wambeke +3 · Examiner: Robin V. Taylor · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/173,248

filed 23 Dec 2002

Publication

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US D479677

granted 16 Sep 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 vegetation trimmer of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the trimmer;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the trimmer;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the trimmer;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the trimmer; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the trimmer.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a vegetation trimmer, as shown and described.

Classifications

2 codes

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D08/8

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Examiner

Robin V. Taylor

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4 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D473114-S	S1	15 Apr 2003	4 Jun 2002	granted	Vegetation trimmer
USthis patent	US-D479677-S	S1	16 Sep 2003	23 Dec 2002	granted	Vegetation trimmer

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-153128-S	S	25 Sep 2003	20 Jun 2003	published	Vegetation trimmer
CA	CA-101425-S	S	17 Jul 2003	4 Dec 2002	granted	Vegetation trimmer

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