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Cosmetic puff

Granted 18 Dec 2007 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Kao Corporation

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Inventors: Kumiko Tajima · Examiner: Joel A. Sincavage · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/204,118
filed 26 Apr 2004
Publication
Not published
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US D557862
granted 18 Dec 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top and front perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top and front perspective view of a cosmetic puff in the shape of a truncated cone with a substantially trapezoidal cross-section, showing my design, the top and rear perspective view being a mirror image of the perspective view shown;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the cosmetic puff depicted in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the cosmetic puff depicted in FIG. 1 taken along line 3 — 3 in FIG. 2 .

The internal structure shown in cross-section in FIG. 3 is shown for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claim design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D28/7

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Joel A. Sincavage
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