USPatent applicationPatented

Refrigerator-freezer

Granted 13 Feb 2007 · 1 office action

Current assignee: Whirlpool Corporation · originally Whirlpool

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Inventors: Joseph L. Coleman, Duane A. Schmidt, Allan R. Steinkuhl · Examiner: Mitchell Siegel · AU 2912 · TC 2900

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29/256,545
filed 22 Mar 2006
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Patent
US D536713
granted 13 Feb 2007

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view of the design of the refrigerator freezer;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof. The ornamental design is not visible in a rear view, top plan view or bottom view;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image; and

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 13.

FIG. 15 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 15.

FIG. 17 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is a right front perspective view of another embodiment of the refrigerator-freezer of FIG. 1, the only difference being the configuration of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors, it being understood that all other surfaces are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of the pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 19.

The characteristic feature of the ornamental design resides in the use of a pattern on the refrigerator-freezer doors. Those portions of refrigerator-freezer in broken lines, specifically the surfaces of the refrigerator-freezer at the top and bottom edges of the doors and surfaces extending back from the doors including other surfaces of the refrigerator-freezer are not part of the claimed invention.

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D15/91

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