Knife case with sharpener

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the inventive design for a knife case with sharpener;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the FIG. 1 design;

FIG. 3 is an opposite side elevational view of the FIG. 1design;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the FIG. 1 design;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the FIG. 1 design;

FIG. 6 is a front end elevational view of the FIG. 1 design;

FIG. 7 is a rear end elevational view of the FIG. 1 design;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the FIG. 1 design showing the knife case in an opened configuration;

FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an opposite side elevational view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a front end elevational view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a rear end elevational view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 15 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 4;

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 6; and,

FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 14.

Claims

The ornamental design for a knife case with sharpener, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Gutierrez; Rose Marie (Chicago, IL), Jin; Feng (Madison, WI), Johnson; Donna (St. Charles, IL), Huang; Daiying (Chicago, IL), Schmitt; Mary Ellen (Mt. Prospect, IL)
Assignee:	The Pampered Chef, Ltd. (Addison, IL)
Appl. No.:	D/119,362
Filed:	February 28, 2000

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Current U.S. Class:	D3/274; D3/294; D8/93
Current International Class:	0301
Field of Search:	;D3/262,254,273,274,905,294,205 ;206/317,315.11,553,372,373 ;76/82,86 ;30/138

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D259596	June 1981	Gray
D261950	November 1981	Jankowski
D262585	January 1982	Anema
D316932	May 1991	Escher, Jr.
D348591	July 1994	Willis
D350231	September 1994	Giegerich
D374988	October 1996	Hillinger
D380900	July 1997	Pearson et al.
5784786	July 1998	Williams

Primary Examiner: Hyder; Philip S.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Olson & Hierl, Ltd.