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Lamp dimmer

Granted 20 Mar 2001 · no office action yet

Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

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Inventors: Roland L. Ledyard, Noel Mayo, Christopher N. Hawbaker, Joel S. Spira +1 · Examiner: Joel Sincavage · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
104334
filed 30 Apr 1999
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US D439220
granted 20 Mar 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the first embodiment of a lamp dimmer of the design according to the invention;

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

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is an isometric projection of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of the second embodiment of a lamp dimmer of the design according to the invention;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a left side elevational view of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is a rear view of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 7; and,

FIG. 14 is an isometric projection of the lamp dimmer of FIG. 7.

The broken lines shown on the rear surface of each embodiment are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.

An electrical cord which does not form part of the invention is shown in phantom in FIGS. 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, and 13.

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D13/125D13/168

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