Currency acceptor

- Mars Incorporated
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a currency acceptor according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a currency acceptor according to a second embodiment of our design which shows alternative features, the only difference being the configuration of the front;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a currency acceptor according to a third embodiment of our design which shows all of the alternative features, the only difference being the configuration of the front; and,

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a currency acceptor according to a fourth embodiment of our design which shows all of the alternative features, the only difference being the configuration of the front.

Claims

The ornamental design for a currency acceptor, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D268062 February 22, 1983 Chance
D302621 August 1, 1989 Nishida
D369984 May 21, 1996 Larsen
D377766 February 4, 1997 Hidaka et al.
5988345 November 23, 1999 Bergeron et al.
6278795 August 21, 2001 Anderson et al.
D457554 May 21, 2002 Takagi et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D477902
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 8, 2002
Date of Patent: Jul 29, 2003
Assignee: Mars Incorporated (McLean, VA)
Inventors: Alfred F. Bergeron (Chester Springs, PA), Robert J. Clauser (Columbus, NJ), David C. Deaville (West Chester, PA), Charles Richard Lewis, Jr. (Palo Alto, CA), Michael D. Nunn (West Chester, PA), Raymond M. Walker (Bedford, NH), William H. Wurz (San Francisco, CA), Jeffrey T. Thanley (Wilmington, DE)
Primary Examiner: Paula A. Mortimer
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Fish & Richardson P.C.
Application Number: 29/165,400
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Vault, Safe, Or Depository (D99/28); Currency Type (D18/3.3)
International Classification: 1801;