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Handle for a cleaning device

Granted 26 Jan 2010 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Unicharm Corporation

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Inventors: Masumi Fukuzawa, Jun Uragami, Masaho Hayashi, Yoshinori Tanaka · Examiner: Robin V Webster · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/327,891
filed 14 Nov 2008
Publication
Not published
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US D608965
granted 26 Jan 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a handle for a cleaning device bearing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a back view of the handle for a cleaning device of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the handle for a cleaning device of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the handle for a cleaning device of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the handle for a cleaning device of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the handle for a cleaning device of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a section view taken along line 7 — 7 in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a section view taken along line 8 — 8 in FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the handle for a cleaning device of FIG. 1 as viewed from the front; and,

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the handle for a cleaning device of FIG. 1 with a cleaning device.

The article relates to a handle made of plastics for using a cleaning device such as a wiping sheet made of a nonwoven fabric with the wiping sheet held with the handle. The handle is composed of an insert portion to be inserted into the wiping sheet and a grip portion joining to the insert portion. The grip portion is transparent or semitransparent.

The broken lines in the drawings form no part of the disclosed and claimed design.

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D32/40D32/52

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Pendency
1.2 y
438 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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1
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Examiner
Robin V Webster
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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AUAU-324841-SS23 Feb 200911 Nov 2008publishedHandle
CACA-128855-SS9 Sep 200912 Nov 2008grantedHandle for cleaning device

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