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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Renee Mary Hytry, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Thomas Ellis, Apopka, FL (US);
William Brent Roush, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Formica Corporation, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
434 72 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a device and method for selecting surfacing material complementary to a predetermined cabinet finish. The device includes a display having sample display areas. The sample display areas include a resilient member formed with a plurality of recesses for receiving and removably retaining a plurality of surfacing samples selected in a predetermined manner and having characteristics making them complementary to a predetermined cabinet finish.