Scouring sponge

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the new design for a scouring sponge.

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front side view thereof, the back side view being the same; and

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being the same.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the new design for a scouring sponge.

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front side view thereof, the back side view being the same; and,

FIG. 10 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being the same.

Broken lines in the drawings provide environmental structure and form no part of the design to be patented. The holes shown in the sponge portions in the Figures represent either a foam sponge (smaller holes) and a cellulose sponge (larger holes), and do not depict a specific pattern of holes.

Claims

The ornamental design for a scouring sponge, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D862020
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 8, 2017
Date of Patent: Oct 1, 2019
Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (Saint Paul, MN)
Inventors: Matthew W. Gorrell (South Saint Paul, MN), Carolina Bautista-Brown (Woodbury, MN), Douglas C. Blackwell (Stillwater, MN), James P. Endle (New Richmond, WI), Lucas J. Hunt (Nowthen, MN), Robert J. Maki (Hudson, WI), Hannah L. Stoughton (Afton, MN)
Primary Examiner: John Windmuller
Assistant Examiner: John R Yeh
Application Number: 29/628,925
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