Kitchen utensil handle

- Ekco Housewares, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a side, top, perspective view of the kitchen utensil handle with the utensil shown in phantom;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof.

The broken line shown in FIGS. 1-7 forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D401473
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 25, 1997
Date of Patent: Nov 24, 1998
Assignee: Ekco Housewares, Inc. (Franklin Park, IL)
Inventors: Karen Swinford (Schaumburg, IL), Heng Kah Hee (Singapore), Chau Pok Man (PokFuLam), Lee Suet Mui (Tusen Wan), Fung Ka Ming (Tuen Mun)
Primary Examiner: Terry A. Wallace
Law Firm: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Application Number: 0/77,048
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/7395
International Classification: 0706;