Base for an electric fan

- Holmes Products Corp.
Description

FIG. 1 is a right side elevational view of a base for an electric fan showing my new design, the left side being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 2 is a front and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line showing of a fan head assembly in FIG. 1 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Referenced Cited
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D152758 February 1949 Ullman
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Foreign Patent Documents
1024669 February 1958 DEX
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Other references
  • Hong Kong Enterprise, Jul. 1987, p. 185, Fan Model #RC318-12, middle of page. Tatung 1989 Product Line Fan Heater Humidifier Catalog (copr. 1988), page opposite inside front cover, Model No. LT-7. Holmes Air catalog sheet for Model No. HANF-75 (1989). Holmes Air catalog sheet for Model Nos. HAHV-14W and HAHV-18W (1989). Seabreeze Electr. Corp. catalog sheet for Turbo-Aire fan, believed to have been published before Feb. 10, 1992.
Patent History
Patent number: D335923
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 10, 1992
Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
Assignee: Holmes Products Corp. (Milford, MA)
Inventor: Joseph M. Cunning (Cohasset, MA)
Primary Examiner: James M. Gandy
Assistant Examiner: Lisa Lichtenstein
Law Firm: Kriegsman & Kriegsman
Application Number: 7/833,404
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Fan Element (D23/411)