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Appliance

Granted 3 May 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
29/450,256
filed 15 Mar 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D755260
granted 3 May 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 an appliance according to my design, shown in a first configuration;

FIG. 2 is a front plan view of the outside of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a right side plan view of the outside of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the outside of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the outside of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view of the appliance of FIG. 1 in a second configuration with the cabinet doors thereof in an open condition;

FIG. 7 is a front plan view of the cabinet interior of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the right side of the cabinet interior of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the left side of the cabinet interior of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the right door of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the right door of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the left door of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the left door of the appliance of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 14 is a front perspective view of the appliance of FIG. 1 in a third configuration thereof with the cabinet doors and freezer drawer thereof in an open condition; and,

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the interior of the freezer of the appliance of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines in the figures are to show an environment and form no part of the claimed design.

The comparatively medium-tone fill on the cabinet back wall (except the cooling tower in the center), the left interior cabinet liner, the right interior cabinet liner, and the right door interior liner are used to indicate a silver color having a metallic appearance and having the following color characteristics:

H: 0 S: 0 V: 72 (+/−5%).

The comparatively dark-tone fill on the left door interior liner and the facie and solid portions of the crisper drawers and the pantry drawers are used to indicate a gray color having the following color characteristics:

H: 0 S: 0 V: 60 (+/−5%).

The comparatively light-tone fill on the trim on the top, front of the crisper and pantry drawers and the trim of the door bins are used to indicate aluminum having a brushed metallic finish and the following color characteristics:

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/89

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1,145 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Ian Simmons
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
Citations: 22 back · 0 forward

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