Toast carriage handle

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view as seen from the top, front and left side of a toast carriage handle showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 1 but not showing a fragment of a toaster housing shown in broken lines in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view of the toast carriage handle of FIG. 1, the right side being a mirror image of the left side;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the toast carriage handle of FIG. 1; the rear of the toast carriage handle is unornamented and hidden in normal use; and,

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the toast carriage handle of FIG. 1; the bottom of the toast carriage handle is flat and unornamented.

The broken lines in FIG. 1 showing a fragment of a toaster housing and in FIGS. 1 and 2 showing depressions on the toast carriage handle are used for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Referenced Cited
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D176275 December 1955 May
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Foreign Patent Documents
58993 July 1987 CAX
Other references
  • Two photographs of toaster shown by retailer more than one year prior to Jan. 17, 1995. WKM advertisement published Feb. 1987, Koln, Germany.
Patent History
Patent number: D398475
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 10, 1996
Date of Patent: Sep 22, 1998
Assignee: Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc. (Glen Allen, VA)
Inventor: Anthony V. Cruz (Richmond, VA)
Primary Examiner: Caron D. Veynar
Attorney: Roger S. Dybvig
Application Number: 0/60,918
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/7390
International Classification: 0702;