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Soap pump

Granted 24 Jul 2012 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Simplehuman, Llc · originally Simplehuman, LLC

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Inventors: Adam Wade, Myk Lum, Di-Fong Chang, Tzu-Hao Wei +1 · Examiner: Brian N Vinson · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/410,517
filed 9 Jan 2012
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US D663983
granted 24 Jul 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, and left…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, and left side perspective view of a soap pump showing our new design

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left-side elevation view thereof, the right-side elevation view being a mirror image of the left-side elevation view;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken-line disclosure is understood to represent portions of the article in which the claimed design is embodied, but which 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
D06/542

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USUS-D659452-SS115 May 20124 Mar 2011grantedSoap pump
USthis patentUS-D663983-SS124 Jul 20129 Jan 2012grantedSoap pump
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CACA-141847-SS13 Apr 201211 Aug 2011grantedSoap pump
CACA-144016-SS13 Apr 201211 Aug 2011grantedSoap pump

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