Vacuum cleaner upper portion

Inventors:

Wareham, Richard A. (North Canton, OH)
Moine, David W. (North Canton, OH)

Application Number:

D/064767

Publication Date:

03/03/1998

Filing Date:

01/10/1997

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Assignee:

The Hoover Company (North Canton, OH)

Primary Class:

D32/31

Field of Search:

D32/21, D32/22, D32/31-34, 15/320-322, 15/329, 15/335, 15/347, 15/350-353, 15/410, 15/412, 15/414

US Patent References:

D198436		June, 1964	Gantz
D234334		February, 1975	Mims	D7/165
D277325	Vacuum cleaner	January, 1985	Hug	D32/24
D278560	Combined suction cleaner upper housing and bag or the like	April, 1985	Wareham	D32/22
D286334	Vacuum cleaner	October, 1986	Strohmeyer	D32/22
D286335	Vacuum cleaner	October, 1986	Strohmeyer	D32/22
D314260	Vacuum cleaner	January, 1991	Lee	D32/22
D319517	Vacuum cleaner	August, 1991	Sovis et al.	D32/22
D335556	Vacuum cleaner	May, 1993	Kuriya	D32/22
D339435	Vacuum cleaner upper portion	September, 1993	McKnight et al.	D32/31
D344821	Combined vacuum cleaner hose and tool rack	March, 1994	McKnight	D32/31
D346053	Upper portion of an upright vacuum cleaner	April, 1994	Hoshino	D32/31
D346469	Upright vacuum cleaner	April, 1994	Furcron et al.	D32/22
D347500	Electric vacuum cleaner	May, 1994	Abe et al.	D32/22
D354379	Electric vacuum cleaner	January, 1995	Shinozaki	D32/22
D357096	Vacuum cleaner upper portion	April, 1995	Wareham	D32/31
D358236	Vacuum cleaner	May, 1995	Kupco et al.	D32/22
D358913	Vacuum cleaner	May, 1995	Sugiyama et al.	D32/22
D371652	Vacuum cleaner	July, 1996	Umbach	D32/22
D375594	Upper portion of an upright vacuum cleaner	November, 1996	Luebbering	D32/22
D379254	Vacuum cleaner upright portion	May, 1997	Roberts et al.	D32/31

Foreign References:

CA71782	October, 1992
CA76267	April, 1995

Other References:

Bissell.RTM. Plus.TM. Hard Bag Cleaner, Model 3550.

Primary Examiner:

Mcinroy, Ruth

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Lowe, Burgess A.
Farley, Richardson B.

Claims:

1. The ornamental design of a vacuum cleaner upper portion, as shown anddescribed.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a vacuum cleaner upper portion showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.