Selectively visible control for glass ceramic cooktop
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a selectively visible control for glass ceramic cooktop, the broken line showing is for illustrative purposes only, and forms no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a cooktop burner control for a glass ceramic panel showing my ornamental design in a first operating mode of said cooktop;
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the cooktop burner control shown in FIGS. 1-2 and is typical of the bottom view of all embodiments, and is unadorned;
FIG. 4 is a front view of a cooktop burner control shown in FIGS. 1-3 and is typical of a front view for each of the embodiments of my ornamental design shown in FIGS. 1 and 7;
FIG. 5 is a rear view of a cooktop burner control shown in FIGS. 1-4 and is typical of a rear view for each of the embodiments of my ornamental design shown in FIGS. 1 and 7;
FIG. 6 is a left side view of a cooktop burner control shown in FIG. 1 that is typical of the left side view of each of the embodiments of my ornamental design shown in FIGS. 1 and 7;
FIG. 7 is a right side view of a cooktop burner control shown in FIGS. 1-3 and is typical of the right side view for each of the embodiments of my ornamental design shown in FIGS. 1 and 7;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged plan view of a second embodiment of a selectively visible control for glass ceramic cooktop panel, shown broken away for ease of illustration; and,
FIG. 9 is an enlarged plan view of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-7.
Claims
The ornamental design for a selectively visible control for glass ceramic cooktop, as shown.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 19, 2001
Date of Patent: Sep 10, 2002
Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corp. (Huntington Beach, CA)
Inventors: Manfred W. Staebler (New Bern, NC), Thomas L. Tino (Irvine, CA), Nils Platt (New Bern, NC)
Primary Examiner: Sandra L. Morris
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Brooks & Kushman P.C.
Application Number: 29/143,708
International Classification: 0702;
