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Control device

Granted 31 Jan 2023 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Lutron Technology Company Llc · originally Lutron Technology Company LLC

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Inventors: Matthew Philip McDonald, Sean Tucker, Gregory Altonen, Jason C. Killo · Examiner: Selina Sikder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/829,207
filed 3 Mar 2022
Publication
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US D976847
granted 31 Jan 2023

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a control device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a button of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a button of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a button of FIG. 4 ;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged partial view of the faceplate of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged partial view of the faceplate of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of the faceplate of FIG. 4 ;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of the faceplate of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 14 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 19 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines illustrate structure or features which form no part of the claimed design.

In FIGS. 7 - 13 , the broken lines identify enlargements.

The enlargements of FIGS. 7 - 13 also apply to the embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 14 - 19 .

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/164

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Examiner
Selina Sikder
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USUS-D948462-SS112 Apr 20224 Oct 2020grantedControl device
USthis patentUS-D976847-SS131 Jan 20233 Mar 2022grantedControl device
USUS-D1005973-SS128 Nov 202314 Dec 2022grantedControl device
USUS-D1114748-SS124 Feb 202627 Nov 2023grantedControl device
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CACA-202439-SS16 Jan 202331 Mar 2021grantedControl device
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