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Humidifier

Granted 27 Mar 2012 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Midea America Corp.

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Inventors: Yaoping Al, Hui Wang, Chao Liu, Jie Xu · Examiner: David Muller · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/386,141
filed 25 Feb 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D656597
granted 27 Mar 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a humidifier showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view thereof.

The dashed lines immediately adjacent to the claimed outside perimeter of the bottom of the base in FIG. 6 represent the boundaries of the claimed design. The dashed lines in the figures illustrate the portions of the design that form no part of the claimed design. None of the broken lines form any part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/356

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Office actions
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Examiner
David Muller
art unit 2914 · TC 2900
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