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Filter frame holding flexible, irregular media

Granted 9 Apr 2002 · no office action yet

Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.

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Inventors: Steven Scott Gieseke, Wayne R. W. Bishop · Examiner: Lisa Lichtenstein · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/125,015
filed 14 Jun 2000
Publication
Not published
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US D455483
granted 9 Apr 2002

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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 filter frame holding flexible, irregular media;

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

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of FIG. 1, the rear elevational view being similar in appearance; the flexible, irregular media providing some variation in appearance;

FIG. 5 is an end elevational view of FIG. 1, the opposite end elevational view being similar in appearance; the flexible, irregular media providing some variation and appearance;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a filter frame holding flexible, irregular media, the filter media being lined to indicate that it is a blue color;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of FIG. 6, the rear elevational view being similar in appearance; the flexible, irregular media providing some variation in appearance; and,

FIG. 10 is an end elevational view of FIG. 6, the opposite end elevational view being similar in appearance, the flexible, irregular media providing some variation in appearance.

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D23/365

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USUS-D447549-SS14 Sep 200126 Feb 1999grantedFilter frame holding flexible, irregular media
USthis patentUS-D455483-SS19 Apr 200214 Jun 2000grantedFilter frame holding flexible, irregular media
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-140338-SS6 Apr 200020 Aug 1999publishedFilter frame
UAUA-3610-SS15 Sep 200026 Aug 1999publishedГнучка опора фільтраuk

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