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Dimmer control system

Granted 12 Apr 2005 · no office action yet

Current assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED · originally Cooper Wiring Devices, Inc.

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Inventors: Erik Gouhl, Richard Whitehall, Benjamin Reed Dewinter, Dylan Akinrele · Examiner: Philip S. Hyder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/180,531
filed 26 Apr 2003
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US D503929
granted 12 Apr 2005

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front and right side…

FIG. 1 is a front and right side perspective view of the design.

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof (the bottom being a mirror image thereof).

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a front and right side perspective view of another embodiment of the design.

FIG. 7 is a front view thereof.

FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof.

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof (the bottom being a mirror image thereof); and,

FIG. 10 is a left side view thereof.

In all of the views, the dotted lines are for environmental purposes only and form no part of the claimed design. The rear is not part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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CACA-104598-SS21 Feb 200520 Oct 2003grantedDimmer control switch

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