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Trash can

Granted 27 Mar 2007 · no office action yet

Assignee: Simplehuman, LLC

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Inventors: Tzu-Hao Wei, Chih-Hong Hsieh, Frank Yang · Examiner: Cynthia E. Ramirez · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/245,127

filed 19 Dec 2005

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US D539499

granted 27 Mar 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view for a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view for a trash can showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the trash can of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a left side plan view of the trash can of FIG. 1, the right side plan view being symmetrical thereto;

FIG. 4 is a front plan view of the trash can of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 5 is a rear plan view of the trash can of FIG. 1.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a trash can, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D34/9

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Cynthia E. Ramirez

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D539499-S	S1	27 Mar 2007	19 Dec 2005	granted	Trash can
US	US-D547917-S	S1	31 Jul 2007	23 Oct 2006	granted	Trash can

›Other offices — 4 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-116019-S	S	27 Sep 2007	26 May 2006	granted	Trash can
CA	CA-121648-S	S	27 Sep 2007	26 May 2006	granted	Trash can
TW	TW-D119197-S1	S1	1 Oct 2007	30 May 2006	published	Trash can
TW	TW-D122958-S1	S1	21 May 2008	30 May 2006	published	Trash can

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