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Trash can with power operated lid

Granted 2 Mar 2010 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Simplehuman, LLC

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Inventors: Yoon J. Kim, Tzu-Hao Wei, Frank Yang, Myk Wayne Lum · Examiner: Cynthia E Ramirez · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/303,204
filed 1 Feb 2008
Publication
Not published
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US D611216
granted 2 Mar 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, top, and left…

FIG. 1 is a front, top, and left side perspective view of a trash can with power operated lid embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof.

The broken lines in FIG. 5 are included for the purpose of illustrating a portion of the trash can that forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D34/7

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Cynthia E Ramirez
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USthis patentUS-D611216-SS12 Mar 20101 Feb 2008grantedTrash can with power operated lid
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CACA-126959-SS18 Jun 200915 Jul 2008grantedTrash can with lid
TWTW-D133678-S1S111 Mar 201031 Jul 2008publishedTrash can

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