U.S. patent number D809,572 [Application Number D/541,987] was granted by the patent office on 2018-02-06 for refrigerator shelf.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Whirlpool Corporation. The grantee listed for this patent is Whirlpool Corporation. Invention is credited to Julia B. Burke, Mansour Ourasanah, Daniel H. Quinlan.
United States Patent |
D809,572 |
Burke , et al. |
February 6, 2018 |
Refrigerator shelf
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a refrigerator shelf, as shown and
described.
Inventors: |
Burke; Julia B. (Chicago,
IL), Ourasanah; Mansour (Chicago, IL), Quinlan; Daniel
H. (Stevensville, MI) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Whirlpool Corporation |
Benton Harbor |
MI |
US |
|
|
Assignee: |
Whirlpool Corporation (Benton
Harbor, MI)
|
Appl.
No.: |
D/541,987 |
Filed: |
October 9, 2015 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
D15/89 |
Current International
Class: |
1507 |
Field of
Search: |
;D15/79-91 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101611281 |
|
Dec 2009 |
|
CN |
|
201779952 |
|
Mar 2011 |
|
CN |
|
102395849 |
|
Mar 2012 |
|
CN |
|
102494496 |
|
Jun 2012 |
|
CN |
|
102135363 |
|
Dec 2012 |
|
CN |
|
102829604 |
|
Dec 2012 |
|
CN |
|
102889744 |
|
Jan 2013 |
|
CN |
|
577939 |
|
Jan 1994 |
|
EP |
|
2002090054 |
|
Mar 2002 |
|
JP |
|
10431346 |
|
May 2004 |
|
KR |
|
10756887 |
|
Sep 2007 |
|
KR |
|
2008015180 |
|
Feb 2008 |
|
WO |
|
Other References
"Refrigerator Capacity & Organization: Making Room for More,"
GE Appliances, website, date unknown,
http://www.geappliances.ca/en/shopping-guides-and-design-ideas/shopping-g-
uides/refrigerators/make-room-for-more-in-the-refrigerator. cited
by applicant .
"GE Profile Side by Side Refrigerators", Abt, website, date
unknown, http://www.abt.com/ge/GE.sub.--Profile.sub.--SidebySide.
cited by applicant.
|
Primary Examiner: Simmons; Ian
Assistant Examiner: Anwar; Khawaja
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Price Heneveld LLP
Description
FIG. 1 is a front view of a refrigerator shelf according to a first
embodiment of our design in a first configuration thereof shown in
place within an unclaimed refrigerator, a second embodiment of the
design in a first configuration being a mirror-image of the first
embodiment in the first configuration, and back, right side, left
side, top and bottom views of the design showing no claimed portion
of the design when in place within the unclaimed refrigerator;
FIG. 2 is a front-perspective view of the refrigerator shelf of
FIG. 1 with portions of the unclaimed refrigerator removed;
FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a back elevation view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of the refrigerator shelf
according to the first embodiment of our design in a second
configuration thereof shown in place within an unclaimed
refrigerator, the second embodiment of the design in a second
configuration being a mirror-image of the first embodiment in the
second configuration, and back, right side, left side, top and
bottom views of the design showing no claimed portion of the design
when in place within the unclaimed refrigerator;
FIG. 10 is a front-perspective view of the refrigerator shelf of
FIG. 9 with portions of the unclaimed refrigerator removed;
FIG. 11 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 13 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 14 is a back elevation view thereof;
FIG. 15 is a left side view thereof; and,
FIG. 16 is a right side view thereof.
Broken lines are environmental only and form no part of the claimed
design.
The diagonal shading indicates transparency.
The dash-dot depiction of a rectangular prism in FIGS. 2-8, and
9-16 that enclose the refrigerator shelf with portions of the
unclaimed refrigerator depicted in FIGS. 1 and 9 removed is
similarly unclaimed and represents a space within an interior of
the refrigerator in which the shelf may be present.
* * * * *
References