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Actuator cap

Granted 3 Mar 2009 · no office action yet

Current assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. · originally S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

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Inventors: Allen D. Miller, Cory J. Nelson, Vincent H. Bowman · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/322,277
filed 31 Jul 2008
Publication
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US D587576
granted 3 Mar 2009

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Description

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›In an exemplary embodiment the nature of this…

In an exemplary embodiment the nature of this product is as an actuator cap for a container, such as an aerosol container, that dispenses a material, such as a cleaner, fragrance, insecticide, or insect repellent.

FIG. 1 is a right, top, frontal perspective view of an actuator cap embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right, top, frontal perspective view thereof shown with the environment of a container; and,

FIG. 7 is a right, top, rear perspective view of the actuator cap shown in the environment of a container.

The broken line representations of a central portion of the actuator pad in FIGS. 1 , 3 , and 5 – 7 , of a nozzle and related support structure in FIGS. 1 , 2 , and 6 , and of a container in FIGS. 6 and 7 show use and environment, and form no part of the claim.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D09/448

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D576874-SS116 Sep 200824 Aug 2007grantedActuator cap
USthis patentUS-D587576-SS13 Mar 200931 Jul 2008grantedActuator cap
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-319754-SS3 Jun 200822 Feb 2008publishedActuator cap
CACA-124782-SS17 Dec 200822 Feb 2008grantedActuator cap

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