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Portion of a system using mesh drawers, frames and runner elements

Granted 24 Feb 2004 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Wells Fargo · originally Design Ideas, Ltd.

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Inventors: R. Neal Post, Christopher Hardy · Examiner: Cathron C. Brooks · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/181,262
filed 7 May 2003
Publication
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US D486981
granted 24 Feb 2004

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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 first embodiment of a portion of a system using mesh drawers, frames and runner elements showing our new design, wherein 1 - and 2 -runner drawers are supported by the frame;

FIG. 2A is an enlarged, partial, perspective view of the top section thereof;

FIG. 2B is an enlarged, partial, perspective view of the bottom section thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a side view thereof, the opposite side view being identical thereto;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and

FIG. 8 is an enlarged, fragmentary view of an exemplary wire mesh used in the foregoing system.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a portion of a system using mesh drawers, frames and runner elements showing our new design;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof, the back view being identical thereto;

FIG. 11 is a side view thereof, the opposite side view being identical thereto;

FIG. 12 is a top view thereof, the bottom view being identical thereto;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of a system using mesh drawers, frames and runner elements showing our new design;

FIG. 14 is a front view of thereof, the back view being identical thereto;

FIG. 15 is a side view thereof, the opposite side view being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 16 is a top view thereof, the bottom view being identical thereto.

The jagged broken lines surrounding the somewhat U-shaped openings in the front of the drawers indicate that no particular handle shape is being claimed, represent boundaries of the claimed design and form no part of the claimed design.

The broken lines representing connectors in the drawings form no part of the claimed design. The mesh material that may be visible through each of the somewhat U-shaped openings and through the holes in the mesh has been removed for clarity.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D06/465

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1
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AUAU-301762-SS27 May 200527 Aug 2003publishedPortion of a mesh drawer and frame assembly
TWTW-D100686-S1S111 Oct 200427 Aug 2003publishedA system using mesh drawers, frames and runner elements

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