Control panel

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a control panel, according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a perspective view thereof, showing an exemplary automated litter device with a bezel about an entry opening that the control panel is affixed to.

The broken lines showing a litter device in FIG. 8 depicts environmental subject matter and forms no part of the claimed design. The remaining dash-dash broken lines in the figures depict portions of the control panel that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a control panel as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1114411
Type: Grant
Filed: May 9, 2022
Date of Patent: Feb 17, 2026
Assignee: AUTOMATED PET CARE PRODUCTS, LLC (Auburn Hills, MI)
Inventors: Adam Freeman (Oakland Twp., MI), Troy Bell (White Lake, MI), Brad Baxter (Bloomfield Hills, MI), Jason Smith (West Bloomfield, MI)
Primary Examiner: Dana K Weiland
Assistant Examiner: Elizabeth Anne Glassberg
Application Number: 29/837,843