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Ink cartridge

Granted 3 Aug 2004 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Brother Industries, Ltd. · originally Brother Industries Limited

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Inventors: Atsushi Murakami, Toyonori Sasaki, Masatoshi Yoshiyama, Mitsuharu Hattori · Examiner: Cathy Anne MacCormac · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/182,535
filed 29 May 2003
Publication
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US D493823
granted 3 Aug 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a bottom perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a bottom perspective view of an ink cartridge;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side profile view thereof taken along the line 4—4 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view thereof taken along the plane 5—5 of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary, cut-away perspective view showing the interior surface of the ribs and with the front surface omitted for clarity of illustration.

The claimed design relates to an ink cartridge made of a transparent material and having ribs arranged on an inclined surface inside of the ink cartridge.

The broken lines define the bounds of the claimed design but do not form part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/56346/86

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Cathy Anne MacCormac
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