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Trash can

Granted 11 May 2010 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Simplehuman, LLC

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Inventors: Tzu-Hao Wei, Ken Sugimoto, Frank Yang, Myk Wayne Lum · Examiner: Cynthia E Ramirez · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/334,146
filed 20 Mar 2009
Publication
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US D615722
granted 11 May 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 embodying my new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof.

The trash can in accordance with the present design can have any length, as indicated by the indefinite line length breaks in FIGS. 1 , 2 , 4 , and 5 . Additionally, all features illustrated in phantom line are expressly disclaimed and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D34/7

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CACA-132181-SS25 Jun 201016 Sep 2009grantedTrash can
TWTW-D137017-S1S121 Sep 201018 Sep 2009publishedTrash can

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