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Kettle

Granted 21 Jan 2020 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Whirlpool

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Inventors: Ben C. Shao, John W. McConnell, Wenkai Wu · Examiner: Derrick E Holland · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/621,638
filed 10 Oct 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D873072
granted 21 Jan 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a kettle of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the kettle of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the kettle of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the kettle of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a first side elevational view of the kettle of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a second side elevational view of the kettle of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the kettle of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the kettle of FIG. 1 .

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/399

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2
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2
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Examiner
Derrick E Holland
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USthis patentUS-D873072-SS121 Jan 202010 Oct 2017grantedKettle
USUS-D893946-SS125 Aug 20209 Dec 2019grantedKettle
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AUAU-201811546-SS14 May 201814 Mar 2018publishedKettle

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