Minnesota shaped porous open celled scrub

- Bright Box Lab, LLC
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Description

This application hereby incorporates by reference U.S. non-provisional application Ser. No. 16/102,051, having the same inventor, filed on even date as the present application, the entire contents of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a Minnesota shaped porous open celled scrub of the claimed design including a porous, open-cell construction;

FIG. 2 is a front side view of the Minnesota shaped porous open celled scrub of the claimed design;

FIG. 3 is a back side view of the Minnesota shaped porous open celled scrub of the claimed design;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the Minnesota shaped porous open celled scrub of the claimed design;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the Minnesota shaped porous open celled scrub of the claimed design;

FIG. 6 is a top side view of the Minnesota shaped porous open celled scrub of the claimed design; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom side view of the Minnesota shaped porous open celled scrub of the claimed design.

The broken lines are included for the purpose of showing portions of the Minnesota shaped porous open celled scrub that form no part of the claimed design. Some views are not repeated where they would be merely cumulative, in order to clarify the disclosure and to minimize the number of views.

Claims

The ornamental design for a Minnesota shaped porous open celled scrub, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D949499
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 13, 2018
Date of Patent: Apr 19, 2022
Assignee: Bright Box Lab, LLC (Eden Prairie, MN)
Inventor: Timothy Paul Busby (Eden Prairie, MN)
Primary Examiner: John R Yeh
Application Number: 29/659,854
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