Dispenser robot with animated facial expressions
Granted 30 Aug 2016 · no office action yet
Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
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Inventors: Chih-Shang Frank Fu, Adam Wilkinson, Simon Alan Daniel, Xiaoyan Huang +1 · Examiner: Marianne Pandozzi · AU 2918 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a dispenser robot with animated facial expressions having no lighted portions;
FIG. 2 is a right view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a left view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 8 is the first image in a sequence for a dispenser robot with animated facial expressions;
FIG. 9 is a second image thereof;
FIG. 10 is a third image thereof;
FIG. 11 is a fourth image thereof;
FIG. 12 is a fifth image thereof;
FIG. 13 is the first image in a second sequence for a dispenser robot with animated facial expressions;
FIG. 14 is a second image thereof;
FIG. 15 is a third image thereof;
FIG. 16 is a fourth image thereof;
FIG. 17 is the first image in a third sequence for a dispenser robot with animated facial expressions;
FIG. 18 a second view thereof;
FIG. 19 is the first image in a fourth sequence for a dispenser robot with animated facial expressions;
FIG. 20 is a second view thereof;
FIG. 21 is a third view thereof;
FIG. 22 is a fourth view thereof;
FIG. 23 is a fifth view thereof;
FIG. 24 is a sixth view thereof;
FIG. 25 is a seventh view thereof;
FIG. 26 is an eighth view thereof;
FIG. 27 is a ninth view thereof; and,
FIG. 28 is a tenth view thereof.
The hatched areas of FIGS. 9-12, 14-16, 18, and 20-28 show lighted portions of the circular channel that indicate the robot's facial expressions.
The appearance of the facial expression sequentially transitions between the images shown in FIGS. 8-12, 13-16, 17-18, and 19-28 . The process or period in which one image transitions to another forms no part of the claimed design.
The even-length broken lines showing the remainder of the dispenser robot with animated facial expressions are for environmental purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.
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| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
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| USthis patent | US-D765180-S | S1 | 30 Aug 2016 | 9 Apr 2015 | granted | Dispenser robot with animated facial expressions |
| JP | JP-1557133-S | S | 29 Aug 2016 | 10 Sep 2015 | granted | no title held |
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| Office | Publication | Kind | Published | Filed | Status | Title |
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| TW | TW-D179932-S | S | 1 Dec 2016 | 7 Sep 2015 | published | Dispenser robot with animated facial expressions |
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