Kettle

Description

FIG. 1 is a right side elevational view of a first embodiment of a kettle showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side 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 left side elevational view of a second embodiment of a kettle showing my new design with a stopper in the spout of the kettle;

FIG. 8 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a left side elevational view of a third embodiment of a kettle showing my new design with a stopper suspended from the handle of the kettle, the right side being a mirror image of the right side shown;

FIG. 14 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a left side elevational view of a fourth embodiment of a kettle showing my new design with the top of the kettle removed, the right side being a mirror image of the right side shown;

FIG. 19 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 22 is a front elevational view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D355330
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 8, 1993
Date of Patent: Feb 14, 1995
Assignee: AMC International Alfa Metalcraft Corporation AG
Inventor: Lutz Gebhardt (Immensee)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: M. N. Pandozzi
Law Firm: Webb Ziesenheim Bruening Logsdon Orkin & Hanson
Application Number: 0/12,720
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/7318; D/7317; D/7316