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Pedal for use with trash cans

Granted 5 Jun 2007 · no office action yet

Assignee: Simplehuman, LLC

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Inventors: Frank Yang, Tzu-Hao Wei · Examiner: Cynthia E. Ramirez · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/230,993
filed 31 May 2005
Publication
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US D544172
granted 5 Jun 2007

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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 first embodiment of a pedal for use with trash cans.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the pedal of FIG. 1

FIG. 3 is a front plan view of the pedal of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a left side plan view of the pedal of FIG. 1, the right side view being symmetrical thereto.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a pedal for a trash can.

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the pedal of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of a pedal for a trash can.

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the pedal of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a pedal for a trash can; and,

FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the pedal of FIG. 9.

The trash can is shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

The front plan view and the side plan views for the second, third and fourth embodiments are identical to the views in FIGS. 3 and 4.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D34/10D34/9

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