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Island vending machine

Granted 1 Dec 1987 · no office action yet

Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company

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Inventors: James N. Lettera, Eddie W. King, J. Henry Brandes, Annis R. Morgan, Jr. · Examiner: George P. Word · AU 292 · TC 2900

Application
596997
filed 5 Apr 1984
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US D292993
granted 1 Dec 1987

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front and right…

FIG. 1 is a top front and right side perspective view of an island vending machine, showing out new design;

FIG. 2 is a top rear left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top front and right side perspective view of a second embodiment of that shown in FIG. 1, the rear perspective view being an identical image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top front and right side perspective view of a third embodiment of that shown in FIG. 1, the rear perspective view being an identical image thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top front and right side perspective view of a fourth embodiment of that shown in FIG. 1, the rear perspective view being an indentical image thereof; and

FIG. 8 is a top plan view thereof.

The end elevational views of embodiments 2-4 are substantially the same as that shown in FIG. 4. The top plan views of embodiments 2 and 3 are the same as that shown in FIG. 3.

The broken lines indicating indicia in FIGS. 1-2 and 5-7 are shown for illustrative purposes only.

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D20/5D20/4

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