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Refrigerator-freezer

Granted 15 Jun 2004 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Whirlpool Corporation · originally Whirlpool

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Inventors: Joseph L. Coleman, Allan R. Steinkuhl, Duane A. Schmidt · Examiner: Mitchell Siegel · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/173,435
filed 30 Dec 2002
Publication
Not published
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US D491585
granted 15 Jun 2004

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view of the design of the refrigerator freezer;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof. The ornamental design is not visible in a rear view, top plan view or bottom view;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 22 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 21;

FIG. 23 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 24 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 23;

FIG. 25 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 26 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 25;

FIG. 27 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 28 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 27;

FIG. 29 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 30 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 29; and,

FIG. 31 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer, the only difference being the addition of wheels for the refrigerator-freezer, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1 including the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors.

The characteristic feature of the ornamental design resides in the use of a pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors. One embodiment of a pattern according to the ornamental design is shown in FIGS. 1-4. Other embodiments of patterns according to the ornamental design are shown in FIGS. 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29. Wheels can be provided on the refrigerator-freezer as shown in FIG. 31 and could be added as a subcombination to any of the embodiments shown in the Figures within the scope of the invention.

›Those portions of refrigerator-freezer in broken lines, specifically…

Those portions of refrigerator-freezer in broken lines, specifically the surfaces of the refrigerator-freezer at the top and bottom edges of the doors and surfaces extending back from the doors including other surfaces of the refrigerator-freezer are not part of the claimed invention.

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IPC · International Patent Classification
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/91

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