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Refill holder for candle dispenser

Granted 12 May 2015 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Jacob S. Childs, Shih-Tung Chang, Brian T. Davis, Michel D. Arney · Examiner: Sandra Snapp · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/512,494
filed 19 Dec 2014
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US D729371
granted 12 May 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an upper frontal perspective view…

FIG. 1 is an upper frontal perspective view of the design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines in FIGS. 1-7 are for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

In a preferred embodiment the holder is useful in connection with dispensing an air treatment chemical, such as an insect repellent, if a substrate part of the holder is heated over a candle.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/366

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AUAU-360263-SS9 Feb 201528 Nov 2014publishedRefill holder for a candle dispenser

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