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Appliance control panel

Granted 17 Feb 2009 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Whirlpool

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Inventors: Wendeline Rodriguez, Darryl C. Bodine · Examiner: T. Chase Nelson · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/246,043
filed 6 Jan 2006
Publication
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US D586960
granted 17 Feb 2009

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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 an appliance control panel showing our new design;

FIG. 2 . is an enlarged right front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 . is an enlarged front elevational view thereof.

The broken line showing of controls, a control pane, and a laundry appliance in FIGS. 1–4 is included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the appliance control panel and forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D32/28

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