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Kettle

Granted 25 Aug 2020 · no office action yet

Assignee: Whirpool Corporation

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

Application
29/716,346
filed 9 Dec 2019
Publication
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US D893946
granted 25 Aug 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, showing our new design;

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 .

The broken lines depict the portions of the kettle that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/399

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AUAU-201811546-SS14 May 201814 Mar 2018publishedKettle

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