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Handle

Granted 26 Jun 2007 · no office action yet

Application
29/236,442
filed 16 Aug 2005
Publication
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US D545402
granted 26 Jun 2007

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Description

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›In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this…

In a preferred embodiment, the nature of this product is a handle for a plumbing fixture such as a faucet.

FIG. 1 is a right, top, front perspective view of a handle according to our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the front view shown,

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right, top, front perspective view of a handle according to another embodiment of our new design, and the bottom plan view thereof being identical to FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the front view shown,

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a left side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 illustrates the handle of FIG. 7 with escutcheon/bonnet environment of a faucet.

The broken line representations of handle structure in the figures, grooves in FIGS. 1-2 and 7-8, and the escutcheon/bonnet environment of FIG. 12, are for the purpose of illustration only, and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/252

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Examiner
Louis S. Zarfas
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USthis patentUS-D545402-SS126 Jun 200716 Aug 2005grantedHandle
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AUAU-308187-SS31 Jul 200616 Feb 2006publishedHandle
AUAU-308188-SS31 Jul 200616 Feb 2006publishedHandle
CACA-114614-SS3 May 200715 Feb 2006grantedHandle
CACA-120025-SS3 May 200715 Feb 2006grantedHandle

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