
(12)
United
States
Design
Patent
(10)
Patent
No.:
Barton
et
al.
USO0D525541S
US
D525,541
S
(45)
Date
of
Patent:
4*
Jul.
25,
2006
(54)
THERMOSTAT
HOUSING
(75)
Inventors:
Eric
Barton,
Eden
Prairie,
MN
(US);
Christian
Tri?lio,
St.
Paul,
MN
(US);
Paul
Meyers,
Fishers,
IN
(US)
(73)
Assignee:
Honeywell
International
Inc.,
MorristoWn,
NJ
(US)
(**)
Term:
14
Years
(21)
Appl.
No.:
29/224,347
(22)
Filed:
Feb.
28,
2005
(51)
LOC
(8)
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(52)
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or.
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(58)
Field
of
Classi?cation
Search
.
Dl0/49i50;
236/46
R,
47,
49.3,
51,
84,
94;
400/485
See
application
?le
for
complete
search
history.
(56)
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(Continued)
Primary
ExamineriAntoine
D.
Davis
(74)
Attorney,
Agent,
or
F
irm%}regory
M.
Ansems
(57)
CLAIM
The
ornamental
design
for
a
thermostat
housing,
as
shoWn
and
described.
DESCRIPTION
FIG.
1
is
a
perspective
vieW
of
a
thermostat
housing;
FIG.
2
is
a
front
elevation
vieW
of
the
thermostat
housing
of
FIG.
1;
FIGS.
3—6
are
left,
bottom,
right
and
top
vieWs
of
the
thermostat
housing
of
FIG.
1;
and,
FIG.
7
is
a
front
elevation
vieW
of
another
thermostat
housing.
The
portions
illustrated
in
broken
lines
on
the
?gures
are
for
illustrative
purposes
only
and
form no
part
of
the
claimed
design.
1
Claim,
7
Drawing
Sheets
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