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Fabric care appliance

Granted 18 Nov 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Whirlpool Corporation · originally Whirlpool

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Inventors: Richard K. Gresens, Brandon Hengesbach, Andres Palomino, Seth E. Bixby +4 · Examiner: Kevin K Rudzinski · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/932,186
filed 12 Mar 2024
Publication
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US D1102687
granted 18 Nov 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fabric care appliance according to the claimed design in a first configuration;

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;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view thereof with the portion of the article above the line 8 - 8 in FIG. 4 removed;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the fabric care appliance according to the claimed design in a second configuration;

FIG. 10 is a front elevation view thereof, a back elevation view being identical to the view shown in FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof, a back elevation view being identical to the view shown in FIG. 7 ; and,

FIG. 14 is a top plan view thereof with the portion of the article above the line 14 - 14 in FIG. 12 removed.

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

Dash-dot-dash broken lines between shaded and un-shaded areas represent bounds of the claimed design and form no part of the claimed design themselves.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D32/3D32/25

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Examiner
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