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Cooking utensil handle

Granted 27 Aug 2002 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Dart Industries Inc. · originally Tupperware Brand

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Inventors: Douglas M. Laib · Examiner: Terry A. Wallace · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/141,301
filed 3 May 2001
Publication
Not published
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US D461992
granted 27 Aug 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, side and front…

FIG. 1 is a top, side and front perspective view of a cooking utensil handle showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line showing environmental structure is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
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Classifications

2 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
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  • /DRW
USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/393

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Terry A. Wallace
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AUAU-147122-SS13 Mar 200217 Oct 2001publishedCooking utensil
CACA-97707-SS30 Sep 200216 Oct 2001grantedCooking utensil

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