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Laundry worksurface

Granted 20 May 2008 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Whirlpool · originally Whirpool Corporation

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Inventors: Seth E. Bixby, Jeffrey M. Browne, Robert Fitzpatrick · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/246,154
filed 28 Feb 2006
Publication
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US D569140
granted 20 May 2008

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Description

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›The sole FIGURE is a right front perspective…

The sole FIGURE is a right front perspective view of our laundry worksurface.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D06/509

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Robert M. Spear
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