Control panel and door vent/handle assembly for a cooking appliance

- Maytag Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top right perspective view of a cooking appliance showing our new control panel and door vent/handle design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1 incorporating the control panel and door vent/handle assembly of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the invention; and,

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1, with the left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof.

The broken lines showing gas burner heads, burner control knobs, grates, rear surface vent, control panel details, and lower front storage drawer are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed invention.

Claims

The ornamental design for a control panel and door vent/handle assembly for a cooking appliance, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D150349 July 1948 Ferar
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D405311 February 9, 1999 Holbrook, Jr.
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Patent History
Patent number: D469657
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 14, 2002
Date of Patent: Feb 4, 2003
Assignee: Maytag Corporation (Newton, IA)
Inventors: Theodore A. Becker (Cleveland, TN), Jeffrey Ensley (Cleveland, TN), James Coty McFarland (Cleveland, TN), Inho Andy Shin (Cleveland, TN), Jeffrey Ware (Chattanooga, TN), Jerry Woodby (Cleveland, TN)
Primary Examiner: Catherine R. Oliver
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC
Application Number: 29/155,561
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/405
International Classification: 0702;