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Flashlight

Granted 14 Oct 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC · originally Energizer Battery Company Inc.

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Inventors: Robert S. Englert, Peter F. Lynch, Scott W. Osiecki · Examiner: Marcus A. Jackson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/171,735

filed 26 Nov 2002

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US D480824

granted 14 Oct 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the front, top, and first side of the flashlight of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the top of the flashlight of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the first side of the flashlight of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the bottom of the flashlight of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an elevational view of the front of the flashlight of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an elevational view of the read of the flashlight of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the front, bottom, and a second side of the flashlight of the present invention; and,

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the rear, top, and first side of the flashlight of the present invention.

The first side elevational view shown in FIG. 3 is a mirror image of the opposite side of the flash light of the present invention.

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Claims

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›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for a flashlight, as shown.

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/DRW

USPC · US Patent Classification

D26/49

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Marcus A. Jackson

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D480824-S	S1	14 Oct 2003	26 Nov 2002	granted	Flashlight

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-152653-S	S	8 Aug 2003	11 Apr 2003	published	Flashlight

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