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Reservoir for a water flosser

Granted 9 Jun 2015 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.

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Inventors: Taiwon Choi, Hyunchul Kim · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/466,916
filed 12 Sep 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D731640
granted 9 Jun 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, right isometric view…

FIG. 1 is a front, right isometric view of a reservoir for water flosser;

FIG. 2 is a front, left isometric view of the reservoir for water flosser of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a right-side elevation view of the reservoir for water flosser of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left-side elevation view of the reservoir for water flosser of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view of the reservoir for water flosser of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view of the reservoir for water flosser of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the reservoir for water flosser of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the reservoir for water flosser of FIG. 1 .

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/111

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2
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3
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