Cooktop grate

- Dometic Sweden AB
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view cooktop grate showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof.

The broken lines show portions of the cooktop grate that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a cooktop grate, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1043243
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 15, 2022
Date of Patent: Sep 24, 2024
Assignee: Dometic Sweden AB (Solna)
Inventors: Samuele Meda (Chichester), Rickard Hederstierna (Hägersten), Birk Söödi (Johanneshov), Anoop Muthu (Kerala), János Herbály (Martfü), Ramkumar Selvaraj (Tamil Nadu)
Primary Examiner: Catherine Ho
Assistant Examiner: Natalya M Rapundalo
Application Number: 29/826,754
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/408