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Disk drive tray bezel

Granted 25 Apr 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: International Business Machines Corporation · originally International Business Machines

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Inventors: Roland K. Alo, Timothy D. Wetzel · Examiner: Freda Nunn · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 24 Sep 1998
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US D423479
granted 25 Apr 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front and left…

FIG. 1 is a top front and left side perspective view of the disk drive tray bezel showing our new design; and,

FIG. 2 is a bottom front and left side perspective view thereof the undisclosed right side view is a mirror image.

The areas of the tray which have not been completely disclosed in FIG. 1 are understood not to be part of the claimed design.

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