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Vacuum roller

Granted 5 May 2015 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: SANTRUM HONG KONG CO., LIMITED · originally iRobot Corporation

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Inventors: Richard Joseph Therrien · Examiner: Ruth McInroy · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/470,255
filed 18 Oct 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D728877
granted 5 May 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of vacuum…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of vacuum roller, showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof,

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged left side thereof;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged right side view thereof.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top view of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10 is a front view of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 11 is a back view of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged left side view of FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 14 is an enlarged right side view of FIG. 8 .

The dashed lines in the drawing views depict portions of the design that form no part of the claim.

The claim is directed toward only the details outlined in solid lines.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D32/31

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Examiner
Ruth McInroy
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D728877-SS15 May 201518 Oct 2013grantedVacuum roller
USUS-D747052-SS15 Jan 201613 Mar 2015grantedVacuum roller
›Other offices — 7 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-353601-SS11 Feb 201420 Dec 2013publishedVacuum roller
CACA-154145-SS26 Sep 201427 Nov 2013grantedVacuum roller
CACA-158271-SS26 Sep 201427 Nov 2013grantedVacuum roller
CACA-158272-SS26 Sep 201427 Nov 2013grantedVacuum roller
TWTW-D165218-SS1 Jan 201516 Jan 2014publishedVacuum roller
TWTW-D165219-SS1 Jan 201516 Jan 2014publishedVacuum roller
TWTW-D165220-SS1 Jan 201516 Jan 2014publishedVacuum roller

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