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Appliance door interior with multi-color

Granted 9 Feb 2016 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Whirpool Corporation · originally Whirlpool

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Inventors: Jessica McConnell · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/450,217
filed 15 Mar 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D749152
granted 9 Feb 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the outside of a appliance door interior with multi-color, showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view of a appliance door interior with multi-color in a closed position with a partially opened unclaimed interior;

FIG. 7 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the right side of the partially opened unclaimed interior;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the left side of the partially opened unclaimed interior;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an isolated element of the partially opened unclaimed interior;

FIG. 11 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of another isolated element of the partially opened unclaimed interior;

FIG. 13 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a front perspective view of a appliance door interior with multi-color in an open position with a partially opened unclaimed interior;

FIG. 15 is a top perspective view of a appliance door interior with multi-color in a partially opened position;

FIG. 16 is a top perspective view thereof in a complete open position; and,

FIG. 17 is an isolated front-perspective view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures illustrate the environment and form no part of the claimed design.

The stipple-filled portions within the dot-dash-dot-dash lines on the freezer compartment drawer represent the color gray, where the gray color has the following color characteristics according to the CIELAB System:

Illuminant A L 59.21 a -0.76 b-1.78

Illuminant F2 L59.23 a-0.32 b-1.72

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/89

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Pendency
2.9 y
1,061 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Ian Simmons
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
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