Laundry appliance

Browne , et al. February 12, 2

Patent Grant D561957

U.S. patent number D561,957 [Application Number D/279,184] was granted by the patent office on 2008-02-12 for laundry appliance. This patent grant is currently assigned to Whirlpool Corporation. Invention is credited to Seth E. Bixby, Jeffrey M. Browne, Wyatt A. Cline, Michael K. Patton, Rajat Shail.


United States Patent D561,957
Browne ,   et al. February 12, 2008

Laundry appliance

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a laundry appliance, as shown and described.
Inventors: Browne; Jeffrey M. (Benton Harbor, MI), Shail; Rajat (St. Joseph, MI), Patton; Michael K. (St. Joseph, MI), Cline; Wyatt A. (St. Joseph, MI), Bixby; Seth E. (Stevensville, MI)
Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, MI)
Appl. No.: D/279,184
Filed: April 23, 2007

Current U.S. Class: D32/6
Current International Class: 1505
Field of Search: ;D32/1,2,3,5,6,8,25 ;68/3R,5R,12.01,4,212,12.08 ;34/523,524,58,108,417,130-132,595-597,499,534,600,603 ;312/31 ;38/1A

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Other References

http://us.stll.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/l/usappliance.sub.--1963.sub.--3053- 2626 Aug. 10, 2007. cited by examiner .
http://us.stll.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/l/usappliance.sub.--1963.sub.--5222- 7608 Aug. 13, 2007. cited by examiner .
http://us.stll.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/l/usappliance.sub.--11960.sub.--283- 38123 Aug. 13, 2007. cited by examiner.

Primary Examiner: Reid; Stella M.
Assistant Examiner: Sims; Kathleen
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lafrenz; Michael D. Hartman; Tara M.

Description



FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view of the design of the laundry appliance;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

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

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof.

The broken line showing of the appliance top and sides, front dial, lower front panel, upper left and right panels in FIGS. 1 4 is included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the laundry appliance and forms no part of the claimed design.

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