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Air freshening device

Granted 16 Aug 2005 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Butcher Company, The · originally Solenis

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Inventors: Jayant Sharma, Kirk A. Spiegel, Brian W. Bunten · Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/201,999
filed 24 Mar 2004
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US D508559
granted 16 Aug 2005

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Description

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›The nature of this product is as a…

The nature of this product is as a dispenser employed as an air freshener system.

FIG. 1 is a left, front perspective view of an air freshening device embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the left side shown;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left front elevational view of a second embodiment of an air freshening device embodying our new design; the front and rear elevational views thereof being the same as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, respectively;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the left side shown.

The broken line representations of fragrance pads in FIGS. 1 and 7 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/366

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