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Charging unit assembly

Granted 4 Mar 2014 · no office action yet

Current assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A. · originally Altria Group, Inc.

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Inventors: Laurent Manca, Jimmy Rennick · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/452,905
filed 23 Apr 2013
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US D700738
granted 4 Mar 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a charging unit assembly showing the front, top, and right side of our new design in a closed position as viewed from the right side of the page;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of one side thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the opposite side thereof;

FIG. 4 is a partial magnified view of the upper right curved edge portion shown in FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom elevational view thereof.

The broken lines are for environmental and illustrative purposes only and are not part of the claimed design. Specifically, the broken line depicted in FIG. 2 identifies the portion of the partial magnified view depicted in FIG. 4 . Moreover, the partial magnified view depicted in FIG. 4 also covers the upper right curved edge portion shown in FIG. 3 , and is also representative of other curved edge portions of the charging unit assembly or mirror images thereof.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D27/189

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