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Drink dispensing apparatus

Granted 19 Mar 2002 · no office action yet

Assignee: Heineken N.V.

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Inventors: Ries Meertens, Marcel Magermans · Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/126,870
filed 25 Jul 2000
Publication
Not published
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US D454467
granted 19 Mar 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the drink dispensing apparatus in a vertical position;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the drink dispensing apparatus in an inverted position;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the drink dispensing apparatus;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of the drink dispensing apparatus;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the drink dispensing apparatus, enlarged for ease of illustration;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the drink dispensing apparatus, broken away for ease of illustration;

FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of the drink dispensing apparatus with a removable top portion removed for ease of illustration; and,

FIG. 9 is the same as FIG. 8, except that an extensible portion of the drink dispensing apparatus is in an extended position.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/313D34/39

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D442027-SS115 May 200125 Jul 2000grantedDrip tray
USUS-D443792-SS119 Jun 200125 Jul 2000grantedDrink dispensing apparatus
USthis patentUS-D454467-SS119 Mar 200225 Jul 2000grantedDrink dispensing apparatus
›Other offices — 3 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-146059-SS30 Nov 200114 Nov 2000publishedA set of drip trays
AUAU-146060-SS30 Nov 200114 Nov 2000publishedDrink dispensing apparatus
AUAU-146061-SS30 Nov 200114 Nov 2000publishedDrink dispensing apparatus

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