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Vending machine front door

Granted 3 Nov 1998 · no office action yet

Assignee: Gross-Given Manufacturing Company

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Inventors: Thom A. Tedham, Jeffrey B. Waffensmith, Robert L. McMullen, Jeffrey J. Kolodziej · Examiner: Sandra L. Morris · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 10 Oct 1997
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US D400592
granted 3 Nov 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top right perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top right perspective view of a vending machine front door showing our new design, and illustrating the vending machine in dashed lines;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top right perspective view of a second embodiment of a vending machine front door showing our new design;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of the design of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of a third embodiment of a vending machine front door showing our new design; and,

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view of a fourth embodiment of a vending machine front door showing our new design.

The dashed line showing of the vending machine is for illustrative purposes only, and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D20/8

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