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Floor maintenance tool

Granted 20 Oct 2009 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Solenis

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Inventors: Nicholas Reback, Andrew M. Bober, Mark Cors, Craig Conner +2 · Examiner: Robin V Webster · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/279,581
filed 3 May 2007
Publication
Not published
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US D602664
granted 20 Oct 2009

Life of the patent

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a floor maintenance tool embodying aspects of the invention.

FIG. 2 is an additional perspective view of a floor maintenance tool shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a side view of the floor maintenance tool shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a front view of the floor maintenance tool shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a side view of the floor maintenance tool shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the floor maintenance tool shown in FIG. 1 .

The present application is directed to the shape and contour of a floor maintenance tool or portions thereof as illustrated in the drawing. With respect to illustrations featuring broken line, the features shown in broken lines are not considered part of the design sought to be patented in that figure.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D32/40D32/45D32/50D32/51

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Pendency
2.5 y
901 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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2
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Examiner
Robin V Webster
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5 members · 3 offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D602664-SS120 Oct 20093 May 2007grantedFloor maintenance tool
USUS-D618411-SS122 Jun 201024 Sep 2009grantedGrip for a floor maintenance tool
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-318221-SS3 Mar 20082 Nov 2007publishedTool grip
AUAU-318828-SS16 Apr 20082 Nov 2007publishedHandle for floor maintenance tool
CACA-122985-SS14 Aug 20082 Nov 2007grantedFloor mop

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