U.S. patent number D499,616 [Application Number D/187,107] was granted by the patent office on 2004-12-14 for three piece wine funnel assembly.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Le Creuset, S.A.. Invention is credited to Matthew Ian Blofeld, Julian David Sanders.
United States Patent |
D499,616 |
Sanders , et al. |
December 14, 2004 |
Three piece wine funnel assembly
Claims
The ornamental design of a three piece wine funnel assembly, as
illustrated and described.
Inventors: |
Sanders; Julian David (Mid
Glamorgan, GB), Blofeld; Matthew Ian (Cardiff,
GB) |
Assignee: |
Le Creuset, S.A.
(Fresnoy-le-Grand, FR)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/187,107 |
Filed: |
July 28, 2003 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Jan 31, 2003 [GB] |
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3010561 |
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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 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Wallace; Terry A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bush; Gary L. Andrews Kurth LLP
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.
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