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Appliance knob with bezel

Granted 22 Mar 2011 · no office action yet

Assignee: Whirlpool

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Inventors: Alan D. Bengtson · Examiner: Mark A Goodwin · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/359,110
filed 6 Apr 2010
Publication
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US D634602
granted 22 Mar 2011

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Description

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›Cross-reference is made to co-pending U.S. Design patent…

Cross-reference is made to co-pending U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/359,104 entitled “Appliance Knob,” which was filed on Apr, 6, 2010.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an appliance knob with bezel showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view being a mirror image thereof with the exception that the bottom view does not contain the broken line features; and,

FIG. 4 is a first side elevational view thereof, the second side elevational view being a mirror image thereof.

The rear elevational views are not shown and form no part of the claimed design. The portion shown in broken lines is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/311

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