US Patent # D591,020. Handle assembly for a cleaning tool

United States Patent	D591,020
Dotterman , et al.	April 21, 2009

Handle assembly for a cleaning tool

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a handle assembly for a cleaning tool, as shown and described.

Inventors:	Dotterman; Perry S. (Maplewood, MN), Lang; Arthur V. (Maplewood, MN), Miller; Christopher J. (Milan, IT), Thorsteinsson; Sigurdur (Milan, IT), Porcini; Mauro (Milan, IT)
Assignee:	3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN)
Appl. No.:	D/252,270
Filed:	January 20, 2006

Current U.S. Class:	D32/52 ; D32/35; D7/393
Current International Class:	0401
Field of Search:	D32/35,39,52,40 D7/393-395,354-365 D8/107,99 81/177.1,436-437,438-440,489 16/11R,111R,110.1,431 15/143.1,159.1,160,164,206,430 30/323 220/573.1-573.5,752-759 D4/138

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Other References

Four pictures (marked C1) of a "Scotch Brite" (trade mark) toilet bowl scrubber that was on sale by 3M Company, St. Paul, MN, more than one year prior to the filing date of the subject patent application. cited by other .
Three pictures (marked C2) of a "Scotch Brite" (trade mark) toilet bowl brush that was on sale by 3M Company, St. Paul, MN, more than one year prior to the filing date of the subject patent application. cited by other .
Design Division Document No. HH08046492 from the Korean Industrial Property Office, published Jan. 18, 1996 in the Korean Official Bulletin of Designs and Trademarks. cited by other.

Primary Examiner: Burgess; Pamela J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Adamson; Trisha D.

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the new design for a handle assembly for a cleaning tool;

FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image of the right side view;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof.

The long-short-long broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent the bounds of the claim and all other broken lines are for illustrative purposes only. None of the broken lines form a part of the claimed design.

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