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Motor housing for a fan assembly

Granted 28 Mar 2006 · no office action yet

Application
29/220,903
filed 7 Jan 2005
Publication
Not published
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US D518166
granted 28 Mar 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a motor housing for a fan assembly showing our new design in use;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view showing the design for the motor housing of FIG. 1 (note that due to the symmetry of the design, FIG. 2 is also (i) a rear elevational view showing the design for the motor housing of FIG. 1, (ii) a left side elevational view showing the design for the motor housing of FIG. 1, and (iii) a right side elevational view showing the design for the motor housing of FIG. 1);

FIG. 3 is an enlarged top plan view showing the design for the motor housing of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is an enlarged bottom plan view showing the design for the motor housing of FIG. 1.

In FIGS. 1-4, the broken line showing of various items including (i) the fan blades and associated mounting apparatus (FIG. 1), (ii) the central vertical support member (FIGS. 1-3), (iii) the venting apertures and associated features at the top of the motor housing (FIG. 3), and (iv) the venting apertures and associated features at the bottom of the motor housing (FIG. 4) is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/411

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Lisa Lichtenstein
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