Drop filter
Bradford , et al. January 7, 2
U.S. patent number D697,170 [Application Number D/438,804] was granted by the patent office on 2014-01-07 for drop filter. This patent grant is currently assigned to Whirlpool Corporation. The grantee listed for this patent is Whirlpool Corporation. Invention is credited to Scott Hugh Bradford, Marco Casucci, Sara Manfredini Taube, Torsten Rickard Mathias Tingstrom, Italo Renzo Menegon, Joel Graham Van Faasen.
| United States Patent | D697,170 |
| Bradford , et al. | January 7, 2014 |
Drop filter
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a drop filter, as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Bradford; Scott Hugh (Gavirate, IT), Casucci; Marco (Varese, IT), Menegon; Italo Renzo (Brenta, IT), Manfredini Taube; Sara (Varese, IT), Mathias Tingstrom; Torsten Rickard (Ispra, IT), Van Faasen; Joel Graham (Holland, MI) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | Whirlpool Corporation (Bentor
Harbor, MI) |
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| Appl. No.: | D/438,804 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | December 4, 2012 |
| Current U.S. Class: | D23/209 |
| Current International Class: | 2301 |
| Field of Search: | ;D23/207-209 ;210/435,446,451,455,464,466,469,473,474,477,482 |
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Primary Examiner: Webster; Robin V
Description
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the drop filter according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the drop filter shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a back view of the drop filter shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a right side view of the drop filter shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a left side view of the drop filter shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a top view of the drop filter shown in FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the drop filter shown in FIG. 1.
The broken lines in the Figures show the environment of the claimed drop filter. The broken lines in all of the Figures form no part of the claimed design.
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