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Two-piece snap-together travel companion

Granted 9 Nov 1999 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sharper Image Corp. · originally Ethyl Corporation

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Inventors: Rene Pinchuk, Edward C. McKinney · Examiner: Nelson C. Holtje · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 1 Dec 1997
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US D416201
granted 9 Nov 1999

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a two-piece snap-together travel companion in a snapped-together closed dispsition, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the invention of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the invention of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the invention of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a back view of the invention of the invention of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view of the invention of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a left side elevation view of the invention of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 showing the two pieces separated with the lid portion of the right-hand piece hinged open;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the right-hand piece shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a front view of the right-hand piece shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view of the right-hand piece shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a back view of the right-hand piece shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a right side view of the right-hand piece shown in FIG 8; and,

FIG. 14 is a left side view of the right-hand piece shown in FIG. 8.

Applicatant' invention is an ornamental design for a two-piece snap-together travel companion intended for use by a traveler to electronically warn against danger from an intruder and/or smoke, as well as to advise the traveler of time and/or date and/or ambient temperature.

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