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In-door ice chute

Granted 7 Jan 2014 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Whirlpool Corporation · originally Whirlpool

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Inventors: Thomas E. Gose, Mauro M. Oliveira, Brent A. Kramer, Scott W. Leimkuehler +14 · Examiner: Mitchell Siegel · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/442,527
filed 15 Mar 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D697094
granted 7 Jan 2014

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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 an in-door ice chute of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line portions of the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section B — Performing operations; transporting
  • B67D7/80
USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/89

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Examiner
Mitchell Siegel
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