USO0RE40392E
(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent
(10) Patent Number:
Rymer et al. (54)
(45) Date of Reissued Patent:
ELECTRIC EVAPORATOR DEVICE Inventors:
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Andrew Shaun Patrick Robert Rymer’ McLeish Beverley deceased
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late of She?ield (GB); by Barbara
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12/1997 We?er
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3/1998 We?er
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12/1998
6 104 867 A
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Jenman, legal representative, She?ield
8/2000
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D433’744 S
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Berkshlre (GB)
Appl. No.: 29/169,506 _
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Oct-17, 2002
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Related US. Patent Documents
Reissue of; (64) patent NO; Issued:
Oct. 17, 2000
F1led:
Jun. 16, 1999
D23/366
(Continued)
(73) Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited,
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Stathakis et 31.
11/2000 Basaganas
(GB); Ruben Garcia, Barcelona (ES)
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Davis
Jun. 24, 2008
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Primary ExamineriLlsa L1chtenste1n (74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiPanitch SchWarZe Belisario & Nadel LLP
Des_ 432,222
The ornamental design for an electric evaporator device, as
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Foreign Application Priority Data
Feb. 25, 1999
Shown and described
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DESCRIPTION
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LOC (8) Cl‘
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US. Cl. ..................................... .. D23/366, D23/360
evaporator device Showing our new design;
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Field of Classi?cation Search ....... .. D23/366i369,
FIG. 2 is a right side vieW thereof; FIG. 3 is a front vieW thereof;
D23/356i363; 392/390; 239/135, 136, 58; 261/D1G. 17, DIG. 5, DIG. 65; 96/97 See application ?le for complete search history.
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5,038,394 5,095,647 D335,530 5,222,186
7/1925 Kammer * *
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5,647,053 A
FIG. 5 is a top plan vieW thereof; and,
The broken [line showing of environment structure in FIGS. 1, 2, and 446, is] lines in the ?gures are for illustrative pur poses only and [forms] form no part of the claimed design.
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS D67,807 S
FIG. 4 is a rear vieW thereof;
FIG. 6 is a bottom plan vieW thereof.
References Cited
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FIG. 1 is a right side and front perspective vieW of an electric
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Costello Costello
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Hasegawa et al. Zobele et al. Schimanski Schimanski et al.
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1 Claim, 2 Drawing Sheets
Matter enclosed in heavy brackets appears in the original patent, but forms no part of this reissue; matter printed in italics indicates the additions made by reissue.
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2/2001 Basaganas 5/2001 Ruffolo et a1.
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