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Refrigerator

Granted 27 Nov 1979 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · originally Matsushita Reiki Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Motonari Shibata, Yuichi Hirayama · Examiner: James M. Gandy · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application
841852
filed 13 Oct 1977
Publication
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US D253536
granted 27 Nov 1979

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, top and right…

FIG. 1 is a front, top and right side perspective view of a refrigerator showing our new design, with the refrigerator door fully closed;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is front, top and left side perspective view thereof, with the refrigerator door partially open; and

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof with the refrigerator door fully open.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/88

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