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Vacuum cleaner

Granted 20 Apr 2004 · no office action yet

Current assignee: HEALTHY GAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED · originally Techtronic Industries

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Inventors: Douglas C. Barker, Christopher J. Fawcett, David W. Moine · Examiner: Ruth McInroy · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application

29/141,579

filed 9 May 2001

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Not published

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US D488893

granted 20 Apr 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vacuum cleaner showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

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2 codes

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D32/22

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Examiner

Ruth McInroy

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D488893-S	S1	20 Apr 2004	9 May 2001	granted	Vacuum cleaner

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-149025-S	S	26 Aug 2002	25 Oct 2001	published	Vacuum cleaner

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