Combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit Patent Grant O'Connell , et al. Feb [HUNTER FAN COMPANY]

Combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit

O'Connell , et al. Feb

Patent Grant D876609

U.S. patent number D876,609 [Application Number D/612,219] was granted by the patent office on 2020-02-25 for combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit. This patent grant is currently assigned to Hunter Fan Company. The grantee listed for this patent is HUNTER FAN COMPANY. Invention is credited to Claire Bernice McRoberts, Patrick R. O'Connell.

United States Patent	D876,609
O'Connell , et al.	February 25, 2020

Combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit, as shown and described.

Inventors:

O'Connell; Patrick R. (Germantown, TN), McRoberts; Claire Bernice (Memphis, TN)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
HUNTER FAN COMPANY	Memphis	TN	US

Assignee:

Hunter Fan Company (Memphis, TN)

Appl. No.:

D/612,219

Filed:

July 31, 2017

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29557301	Mar 8, 2016	D801510

Current U.S. Class:	D23/411; D26/89; D26/59
Current International Class:	2303
Field of Search:	;D23/335-337,355,370-385,411-414 ;D26/59,67,72,80-89,92,104-105,110,113,118-119,128-137 ;D9/500-505

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Primary Examiner: Brooks; Cathron C
Assistant Examiner: Oum; Sharon S
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McGarry Bair PC

Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 5 is a front side view of the combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit of FIG. 1 with rear, left, and right side views being mirror images thereof.

The broken lines illustrate portions of the combined ceiling fan motor housing and light kit and form no part of the claimed design.

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