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Modular grate arrangement for a five burner gas cooking appliance

Granted 4 Nov 2003 · no office action yet

Assignee: Maytag Corporation

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Inventors: Dustin L. Hawkins, Mark D. Engle, Inho Andy Shin, Theodore A. Becker +1 · Examiner: Catherine R. Oliver · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/167,098
filed 10 Sep 2002
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US D481589
granted 4 Nov 2003

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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 a modular grate arrangement for a five burner gas cooking appliance, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the right side portion of the modular grate of the invention, shown separately for clarity of illustration, with the left side portion being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the right side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the right side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right elevational view of the right side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left elevational view of the right side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the right side portion of the modular grate portion of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the central grate portion of the modular grate of the invention;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a right elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a left elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of the central grate portion of FIG. 1.

The broken lines in FIG. 1 showing gas valve control knobs and a cooktop, along with the support pegs for the left, right and central grate portions, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3-7 and 9-13, are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed invention.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/408

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