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US 1,113,021 · App. 29/904,756 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Fabric care appliance

Inventors: Luis Antonio Alarcon (Nuevo León, MX); Seth E. Bixby (Stevensville, MI); Marcos Lima Nogueira Costa (Joinville, BR); Marco Ali Curti Espinosa (Nuevo León, MX); Sayer J. Murphy (St. Joseph, MI); Jun Young Park (St. Joseph, MI); Bruno T. Ramasco (Stevensville, MI); Joel R. Shinaberry (St. Joseph, MI); Andrew C. Kubasiak (St. Joseph, MI)
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 1,113,021
App. No.
29/904,756
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a fabric care appliance as shown and described.

Continuity (2)
Division 29820720 · Dec 23, 2021
Division 29665854 · Oct 8, 2018
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