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Five burner gas cooktop with grates and central control knobs

Granted 31 Aug 2004 · no office action yet

Assignee: Maytag Corporation

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Inventors: Theodore A. Becker, Dustin L. Hawkins, Michael J. Shaver · Examiner: Catherine R. Oliver · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/186,136
filed 11 Jul 2003
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US D495202
granted 31 Aug 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 five burner gas cooktop with grates and central control knobs showing our new design including a cooktop, left and right, mirror image side grate portions, a central grate portion and central gas valve control knobs;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the five burner gas cooktop with grates and central control knobs of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the five burner gas cooktop with grates and central control knobs of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the five burner gas cooktop with grates and central control knobs of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right elevational view of the five burner gas cooktop with grates and central control knobs of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is a left elevational view of the five burner gas cooktop with grates and central control knobs of FIG. 1.

The broken lines in FIGS. 1 and 3-6 showing a burner box and in FIGS. 1 and 2 showing gas burners are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed invention.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/408D73/46

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