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Illuminated control device

Granted 17 Feb 2026 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Daniel L. Twaddell, Chris Dimberg, Jason C. Killo · Examiner: Selina Sikder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/984,826
filed 15 Jan 2025
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US D1113769
granted 17 Feb 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing the first state in a sequence of an illuminated control device of 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 a front perspective view thereof, showing a second state thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front perspective view thereof, showing a third state thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front perspective view thereof, showing a fourth state thereof;

FIG. 12 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a front perspective view thereof, showing a fifth state thereof;

FIG. 14 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment thereof, showing a first state thereof;

FIG. 16 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a front perspective view thereof, showing a second state thereof;

FIG. 18 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a front perspective view thereof, showing a third state thereof;

FIG. 20 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a front perspective view thereof, showing a fourth state thereof;

FIG. 22 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a front perspective view thereof, showing a fifth state thereof; and,

FIG. 24 is a front view thereof.

The gray shaded elements depict illumination.

The dashed broken lines illustrate portions of the illuminated control device, which form no part of the claimed design.

In each of the first and second embodiments, the illuminated control device sequentially transitions from the first state to the last state in the sequence. The period with which one state transitions to another state forms no part of the claimed design.

In the second embodiment, the left, right, top and bottom views are identical to those shown in FIGS. 3 , 4 , 5 and 6 , respectively.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/174

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USUS-D951211-SS110 May 202216 Mar 2017grantedIlluminated control device
USUS-D975663-SS117 Jan 202330 Mar 2022grantedIlluminated control device
USUS-D1001088-SS110 Oct 20232 Dec 2022grantedIlluminated control device
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CACA-177112-SS2 Nov 202015 Sep 2017grantedIlluminated lighting control device

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