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Hand dryer

Granted 5 Dec 2006 · no office action yet

Assignee: Toto Ltd.

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Inventors: Takeaki Miyamoto, Yasushi Takahashi · Examiner: Janice E. Seeger · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

29/222,232

filed 28 Jan 2005

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US D533305

granted 5 Dec 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of front…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of front, top and right side of a hand dryer showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

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Claims

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a hand dryer, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D28/54.1

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Janice E. Seeger

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D533305-S	S1	5 Dec 2006	28 Jan 2005	granted	Hand dryer

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
TW	TW-D110016-S1	S1	1 Apr 2006	26 Jan 2005	published	烘手機zh

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