Base for a floor cleaner

Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front and right side perspective view of a base for a floor cleaner showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top, front and right side perspective view without the portion of the vacuum cleaner shown in broken lines of FIG. 1 thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

The details shown in broken lines in FIGS. 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design of a base for a floor cleaner, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Alford; William G. (Canton, OH), Essex; John D. (North Canton, OH), Morgan; Jeffery A. (Cuyahoga Falls, OH), Thomas; Kevin L. (North Canton, OH), Shaanan; Gad (Westmount, CA), Brousseau; Ivan (Montreal, CA), Mok; Sana S. K. (Kowloon, CN)
Assignee:	The Hoover Company (North Canton, OH)
Appl. No.:	D/140,890
Filed:	April 25, 2001

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Current U.S. Class:	D32/32
Current International Class:	1505
Field of Search:	;D32/21-22,31-33,25 ;15/322,415.1-422.1,41.1,52.1,387,350-351,366,368,383

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D188309	July 1960	Gantz
D188411	September 1960	Gantz
D214084	May 1969	Chi
D354593	January 1995	Koike
D398097	September 1998	Murphy et al.
D411669	June 1999	Wareham
D412227	July 1999	Wareham et al.
D412380	July 1999	Wareham
D420475	February 2000	Yuen
D427736	July 2000	Saunders et al.
6101668	August 2000	Grey

Other References

Photograph of Sahara Floor Cleaner Model 50-001 owned by Vax Limited..

Primary Examiner: McInroy; Ruth
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lowe; A. Burgess Schenck; Brett A.