Outer surface of an operator housing
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the outer surface of an operator housing as oriented relative to a window sill and sash (not shown);
FIG. 2 is a top view of the outer surface of an operator housing;
FIG. 3 is a front view of the outer surface of an operating housing;
FIG. 4 is a left end view of the outer surface of an operator housing, the right end being a mirror image; and
FIG. 5 is a rear view of the outer surface of an operator housing.
The broken lines in FIGS. 2 and 4 illustrate a component on the rear of the housing, such component being unclaimed subject matter.
The housing is normally mounted along its rear and bottom to a window sill and sash (not shown) and are not normally visible. Accordingly, the bottom view of the outer surface of an operator housing is not shown herein and is unclaimed subject matter. Similarly, the rear face of the housing, including any portion open to the interior of the housing, is unclaimed subject matter, such portion being indicated by the dashed boundary in FIG. 5.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 19, 1995
Date of Patent: Oct 29, 1996
Assignee: Truth Hardware Corporation (Owatonna, MN)
Inventors: Todd A. Anderson (Albert Lea, MN), Eric P. Heim (Owatonna, MN)
Primary Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis
Law Firm: Wood, Phillips, VanSanten, Clark & Mortimer
Application Number: 0/48,062
