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Sink sprayer

Granted 8 May 2001 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · originally Kimberly Clark Worldwide

Inventors: Dave Mathieu, Paul Metaxatos, Malcolm Daniel Poirier, Kevin Peter McGrath +2 · Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application

107158

filed 29 Jun 1999

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US D441834

granted 8 May 2001

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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 sink sprayer showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the invention; and,

FIG. 4 is a front view of the invention.

The broken lines in the Figures are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for the sink sprayer, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D23/226

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D441834-S	S1	8 May 2001	29 Jun 1999	granted	Sink sprayer

›Other offices — 3 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-144465-S	S	19 Jul 2001	30 Dec 1999	published	Sink sprayer
HU	HU-9900340-V0	V0	28 Mar 2000	29 Dec 1999	published	Valve for sink
UA	UA-3744-S	S	16 Oct 2000	29 Dec 1999	published	Розпилювачuk

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