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Modular grate arrangement for a gas cooking appliance

Granted 6 Jul 2004 · no office action yet

Assignee: Maytag Corporation

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Inventors: S. Todd Brooks, Dustin L. Hawkins, Theodore A. Becker · Examiner: Catherine R. Oliver · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/159,537
filed 24 Apr 2002
Publication
Not published
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US D492545
granted 6 Jul 2004

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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 gas cooking appliance, showing our new design;

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

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the left side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the left side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a right elevational view of the left side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a left elevational view of the left side portion of the modular grate of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the left side portion of the modular grate portion of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the central grate portion of the modular grate of the invention, shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a right elevational view of the central grate portion of FIG. 8, with the left elevational view being a mirror image thereof; and

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the central grate portion of FIG. 8.

The broken lines in FIG. 1 showing gas valve control knobs and a cooktop 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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Pendency
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Responses
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Examiner
Catherine R. Oliver
art unit 2914 · TC 2900
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