Ink cartridge

- Eastman Kodak Company
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Description

This application is related to the following applications: U.S design application Ser. No. 29/146,821 filed on even date herewith and entitled, Ink Cartridge With Integral Handle, filed in the name of R. Windield Trafton et al; U.S. design application Ser. No. 29/146,899 filed on even date herwith and entitled, Ink Cartridge With Ink Color Discrimination Structure, filed in the name of R. Winfield Trafton et al; U.S. application Ser. No. 09/931,523 filed on even date herewith and entitled, Ink Cartridge with Ink Color Discrimination Structure, filed in the name of R. Winfield Trafton et al.

The design is embodied as an ink cartridge which contains ink for use in an ink jet printer. The ink cartridge includes an integral handle on an upper portion of the cartridge for facilitating carrying of the cartridge by an operator and facilitating the operator's loading and unloading of the cartridge from a printer.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the front, bottom and right side of an ink cartridge showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the rear, top and right side 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;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a left side elevational view thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for an ink cartridge, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D462089
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 16, 2001
Date of Patent: Aug 27, 2002
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY)
Inventors: R. Winfield Trafton (Brockport, NY), Dana A. Carlile (Webster, NY), David R. Gotham (Rochester, NY), Michelle M. Demeyer (Rochester, NY), Laura M. Latta (Rochester, NY)
Primary Examiner: Cathy Anne MacCormac
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Norman Rushefsky
Application Number: 29/146,820
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (9) (D18/56); Cartridge (347/86)
International Classification: 1802;