USPatent applicationPatented

Vending machine

Granted 27 Jun 2006 · 3 office actions

Assignee: Maytag Corporation

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Inventors: Robert Brueckner, Gary Petersen, Samuel Joseph Marino, Keith Gausmann +8 · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2913 · TC 2900

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29/198,631
filed 30 Jan 2004
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Patent
US D523904
granted 27 Jun 2006

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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 vending machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view of the vending machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the vending machine of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the vending machine of FIG. 1.

The left side elevation view of the vending machine of FIG. 1 is a mirror image of the right side elevation view shown in FIG. 3, and is therefore not shown.

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D20/4

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