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Combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner

Granted 31 Jul 2012 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Hangzhou GreatStar Industrial Co.,Ltd. · originally Shop Vac Corporation

Inventors: Craig A. Seasholtz, Jason Gottschall, John Griffin, Robert Lent Crevling, Jr. · Examiner: Jennifer Rivard · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/380,071

filed 30 Nov 2010

Publication

Not published

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US D664354

granted 31 Jul 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, top, and side…

FIG. 1 is a front, top, and side view of a combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner that has the design.

FIG. 2 is a view of the same product with the handles in raised positions.

FIG. 3 is a view of the same product with the toolbox lid opened.

FIG. 4 is a view of the same product with the toolbox lid opened and the interior tray removed.

FIG. 5 is an elevation view of the front of the product.

FIG. 6 is an elevation view of the vacuum end of the product.

FIG. 7 is an elevation view of the toolbox end of the product.

FIG. 8 is an elevation view of the rear of the product.

FIG. 9 is an elevation view of the mating end of the vacuum part of the product; and,

FIG. 10 is a side elevation of the mating end of the toolbox part of the product.

The trademarks that appear on the product form no part of the claimed design.

The broken lines represent unclaimed elements of the combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner, and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner, as shown and described.

Classifications

4 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D03/274D32/84D32/79D32/21

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Pendency

1.7 y

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non-final + final

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Examiner

Jennifer Rivard

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3 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D664354-S	S1	31 Jul 2012	30 Nov 2010	granted	Combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-336424-S	S	11 May 2011	12 Apr 2011	published	Combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner
CA	CA-140297-S	S	1 Mar 2012	21 Apr 2011	granted	Combined toolbox and vacuum cleaner

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