Three piece wine funnel assembly

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the three piece wine funnel assembly according to the invention the assembly including a shroud supported in the mouth of the base and with a wine funnel supported in the shroud;

FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the assembly of FIG. 1 taken along lines 2--2 and showing the shroud supported in the base and the wine funnel supported in the shroud with a spout of a funnel extending into a cylinder in the base;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the three piece wine funnel assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the three piece wine funnel assembly looking upward from the bottom of the assembly as shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a back view of the three piece wine funnel assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the three piece wine funnel assembly of FIG. 1; a right side view is a mirror image of the view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the three piece wine funnel assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a right side view of the base portion shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 9 is a front view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a rear view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a cross-section view taken along line 11--11 of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a top plan view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 14 is a right side view of the shroud portion shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 15 is a front view of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of FIG. 14;

FIG. 17 is a top plan view of FIG. 14;

FIG. 18 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 14;

FIG. 19 is a front view of the funnel portion shown separately for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 20 is a left side view of FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a rear view of FIG. 19;

FIG. 22 is a top plan view of FIG. 19; and,

FIG. 23 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 19.

Claims

The ornamental design of a three piece wine funnel assembly, as illustrated and described.

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Inventors:	Sanders; Julian David (Mid Glamorgan, GB), Blofeld; Matthew Ian (Cardiff, GB)
Assignee:	Le Creuset, S.A. (Fresnoy-le-Grand, FR)
Appl. No.:	D/187,107
Filed:	July 28, 2003

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Jan 31, 2003 [GB]			3010561

Current U.S. Class:	D7/700
Current International Class:	0799
Field of Search:	;D7/700,667 ;D15/150 ;D23/200 ;99/495-499,506,508 ;141/297-300,331-345 ;222/460,462

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

2608843	September 1952	Kennedy
2657846	November 1953	Schmalz
2739466	March 1956	Maliniak
5794904	August 1998	Hackley
5921292	July 1999	Fouts

Primary Examiner: Wallace; Terry A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bush; Gary L. Andrews Kurth LLP