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Fabric care appliance

Granted 10 Feb 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Whirlpool Corporation · originally Whirlpool

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Inventors: Andrew C. Kubasiak, Marcos Lima Nogueira Costa, Joel R. Shinaberry, Seth E. Bixby +5 · Examiner: Kevin K Rudzinski · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/904,756
filed 11 Oct 2023
Publication
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US D1113021
granted 10 Feb 2026

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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 fabric care appliance according to the design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a back elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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

Dash-dot-dash broken lines adjacent 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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USPC · US Patent Classification
D32/6

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Examiner
Kevin K Rudzinski
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