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Compactor

Granted 17 Jul 2007 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Whirlpool Corporation · originally Whirlpool

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Inventors: Allan R. Steinkuhl, Joseph L. Coleman, Duane A. Schmidt · Examiner: Antoine D. Davis · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/217,208
filed 12 Nov 2004
Publication
Not published
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US D546844
granted 17 Jul 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view of the design of the compactor;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof. The ornamental design is not visible in a rear view, top plan view or bottom view;

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

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the compactor door of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 1.

Those portions of compactor in broken lines, specifically the surfaces of the compactor at the top and bottom edges of the door and surfaces extending back from the door including other surfaces of the compactor are for illustrative purposes only and are not part of the claimed invention.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/123

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Examiner
Antoine D. Davis
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