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Tape dispenser

Granted 21 May 2013 · no office action yet

Assignee: 3M Company

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Inventors: Johannes Bayer, Martin E. Broen, James E. Nash · Examiner: Austin Murphy · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/431,516
filed 7 Sep 2012
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US D682941
granted 21 May 2013

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the new design for a tape dispenser;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, a rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view thereof showing the tape dispenser with a tape.

The broken lines in the drawings are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design. In addition, the surface shading illustrated in the drawings is provided merely to highlight the contour of design; it is not intended to be illustrative of texture or gloss.

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D19/69

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