Handle for a kitchen utensil

- Rubbermaid Incorporated

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, right, and front perspective view of a handle for a kitchen utensil showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof; the opposite side being a mirror image;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top, right and front perspective view of a second embodiment of my new design of FIGS. 1-6;

FIG. 8 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view thereof; the opposite side being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof. The top plan view would be as shown in FIG. 4.

The broken line showing of a spoon bowl in FIGS. 1 and 7 is environmental only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D346091
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 10, 1992
Date of Patent: Apr 19, 1994
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventor: Andre Doxey (Shaker Heights, OH)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Caron D. Vegnar
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 7/818,966
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/74012