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Washing machine

Granted 18 Feb 2020 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Midea America Corp. · originally Midea Group Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Zhe Zhang, Jing Pan, Su Qin, Donghwan Yang +1 · Examiner: Michelle E. Wilson · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/683,062
filed 11 Mar 2019
Publication
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US D876033
granted 18 Feb 2020

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a washing machine;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines represent unclaimed features of the washing machine that form no part of the claimed design. The long dash-short dash lines indicate surface boundaries of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D32/6

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USUS-D848091-SS17 May 201929 Sep 2016grantedWashing machine
USUS-D853667-SS19 Jul 201922 Jan 2019grantedWashing machine
USthis patentUS-D876033-SS118 Feb 202011 Mar 2019grantedWashing machine
›Other offices — 6 members
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CACA-171293-SS5 Apr 201831 Oct 2016grantedWashing machine
CACA-178161-SS5 Apr 201831 Oct 2016grantedWashing machine
CACA-178162-SS5 Apr 201831 Oct 2016grantedWashing machine
CACA-178163-SS5 Apr 201831 Oct 2016grantedWashing machine
CACA-178165-SS5 Apr 201831 Oct 2016grantedWashing machine
CACA-178166-SS5 Apr 201831 Oct 2016grantedWashing machine

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