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Flashlight

Granted 14 Sep 2004 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC · originally Energizer Battery Company Inc.

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Inventors: Todd B. Abernethy, Scott W. Osiecki · Examiner: Marcus A. Jackson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/195,269

filed 9 Dec 2003

Publication

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US D496116

granted 14 Sep 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top view of the…

FIG. 1 is a top view of the flashlight of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view showing the left side of the flashlight of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing the right side of the flashlight of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view showing the bottom of the flashlight of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the flashlight of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a back view of the flashlight of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front isometric view of the flashlight of the present invention; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom isometric view of the flashlight of the present invention.

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Classifications

2 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

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/DRW

USPC · US Patent Classification

D26/49

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Examiner

Marcus A. Jackson

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D496116-S	S1	14 Sep 2004	9 Dec 2003	granted	Flashlight

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-157414-S	S	2 Feb 2005	20 May 2004	published	Flashlight

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