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Illuminated control device

Granted 15 Nov 2022 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Lutron Technology Company Llc · originally Lutron Technology Company LLC

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Inventors: Daniel L. Twaddell, Matthew Philip McDonald, Benjamin F. Bard, Chris Dimberg +1 · Examiner: Selina Sikder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/794,818
filed 15 Jun 2021
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US D969758
granted 15 Nov 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view for…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view for an illuminated control device showing a first state in a sequence showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view thereof, showing a second state thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom view thereof.

The gray shaded elements depict illumination.

The dashed broken lines illustrate portions of the control device, which form no part of the claimed design.

The claimed design sequentially transitions from the first state to the last state in the sequence. The period with which one image transitions to another image forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/174

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USUS-D868010-SS126 Nov 201930 Jun 2016grantedIlluminated control device
USUS-D924821-SS113 Jul 20219 Oct 2019grantedIlluminated control device
USthis patentUS-D969758-SS115 Nov 202215 Jun 2021grantedIlluminated control device
›Other offices — 1 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
CACA-172411-SS2 Nov 202029 Dec 2016grantedIlluminated lighting control device

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