Broom block

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top right front perspective view of a broom block showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image; and,

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

The broken lines that are shown in FIG. 1 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Other references
  • Pp. S7.9, S7.11 and S7.13, Broom blocks; National Brush Company, 101 West Illinois Avenue, P. O. Box 1118, Aurora, Illinois 60507. Publication date 1993. Pp. 37 and 38, Broom blocks; Rubbermaid Commercial Products Inc., 3124 Valley Avenue, Winchester, Virginia 22601. Publication date 1992. Pp. 8-10, 13-21, 40, 43, 53 and 56-75, Broom blocks; Rubbermaid Cleaning and Maintenance Products, US Highway 13 North, P. O. Box 1606, Greenville, North Carolina 27835. Publication date Jun. 1, 1995.
Patent History
Patent number: D415616
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 8, 1998
Date of Patent: Oct 26, 1999
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventors: William P. Camp, Jr. (Wooster, OH), Charles Sven Johnson (Copley, OH)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Lavone D. Tabor
Attorney: Richard B. O'Planick
Application Number: 0/81,734
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/4199
International Classification: 0499;