Iron with removable water tank

- Calor S.A.
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view from the front and left of my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view from the left of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a side elevation view from the right of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front elevation view thereof, showing two portions of the iron of the design in another position, a forward tank portion being removed from the remainder of the iron;

FIG. 9 is a top view of the removed tank portion;

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the removed tank portion;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevation view of the removed tank portion;

FIG. 12 is a front elevation view of the iron, with the tank portion removed; and,

FIG. 13 is a top view of the iron, with the tank portion removed.

Each of the two laterally opposed buttons shown at the top of the iron can assume, independently, either of upper and lower positions shown in FIGS. 1 and 4.

The body of the iron has been omitted from FIGS. 9 through 11 for convenience of illustration. The water tank is not shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 for convenience of illustration.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D313683 January 8, 1991 Chen
D315238 March 5, 1991 Tien-Lai
D315433 March 12, 1991 Chen
D369004 April 16, 1996 Reibl
D370103 May 21, 1996 Gudefin
D370104 May 21, 1996 Gudefin
D374322 October 1, 1996 Maeda et al.
D374527 October 8, 1996 Gudefin
D374956 October 22, 1996 Hsu
D376233 December 3, 1996 Clouet
D379702 June 3, 1997 Gudefin
D386863 November 25, 1997 Lin
D388576 December 30, 1997 Gudefin
D389622 January 20, 1998 Dziersk
D389969 January 27, 1998 Dziersk
D393509 April 14, 1998 Gudefin
Patent History
Patent number: D418648
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 8, 1998
Date of Patent: Jan 4, 2000
Assignee: Calor S.A. (Lyons)
Inventor: Jacques Gudefin (Saint Priest)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Cynthia E. Ramirez
Law Firm: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
Application Number: 0/90,390
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Electric Type (D32/70)
International Classification: 0705;