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Vacuum cleaner

Granted 12 Aug 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Whirlpool Corporation · originally Whirlpool

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Inventors: John W. McConnell, Rex D. Wilson, John Jay Myers, Nicholas Hill Schutte +1 · Examiner: Richard Edgar · AU 2931 · TC 2900

Application
29/958,728
filed 21 Aug 2024
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US D1088378
granted 12 Aug 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top-front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top-front perspective view of a vacuum cleaner according to the design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a back elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom-back perspective view thereof.

The portions of the article shown in broken line form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D32/18

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