Title:
Brush and handle unit
United States Patent D336992
Inventors:
Murphy, Kent W. (Wooster, OH)
Lapin, Joseph (Quebec, CA)
Application Number:
D/548728
Publication Date:
07/06/1993
Filing Date:
07/02/1990
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Primary Class:
Field of Search:
D4/116, D4/118, D4/130-138, D4/199, 15/143R, 15/144R, 15/159R, 15/159A, 15/160
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US Patent References:
D315833Toilet bowl brush handleApril, 1991BrazisD4/138
D303178Brush handleSeptember, 1989SaundersD4/138
D303323Brush handleSeptember, 1989SaundersD4/138
4145787Hand dusterMarch, 1979Bastian15/229
D241091N/AAugust, 1976Ahlstrom et al.D4/133
D227826N/AJuly, 1973LindboD4/133
D227827N/AJuly, 1973LindboD4/132
D113433N/AFebruary, 1939PaisleyD4/116
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Catalog Page, Sparta Brush Co., P.O. Box 317, Sparta, WI 54656-0317. Publication date unknown.
Page 12, Sparta Brush Co., Sparta Sanitary Supply Catalog, Catalog #800, P.O. Box 317, Sparta, WI 54656-0317. Publication date unknown.
Pages 3, 9 and 10, Flo-Pac Food Service Catalog, #146, w/three locations at Flour City Brush Co., 918 N. 3rd St., Minneapolis, MN 55401; South Eastern Brush Co., 1120 Oakleigh Dr., East Point, GA 30344; Pacific Coast Brush Co., 2030 E. 7th St., Los Angeles, CA 90021. Publication date unknown.
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Page 3, Empire Brushes, Inc., Sanitary Maintenance Supply Catalog, U.S. Highway 13 North, Greenville, NC 27835. Publication date Oct., 1986.
Catalog Page, Wilen Manufacturing Co., street and city unknown, Georgia. Publication date unknown.
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Pages 56 and 57, Zimmerman Brush Co., Catalog #780, 900 W. Lake St., Chicago, IL 60607. Publication date unknown.
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Primary Examiner:
Burke, Wallace R.
Assistant Examiner:
Tabor, Lavone D.
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
O'planick, Richard B.
Claims:
1. The ornamental design for a brush and handle unit, as shown and described.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a left front perspective view of a brush and handle unit embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof.