Patent
   D384940
Priority
Jun 03 1996
Filed
Jun 03 1996
Issued
Oct 14 1997
Expiry
Oct 14 2011
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a remote controller, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a remote controller showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a remote controller showing our new design;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 13 is a rear elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 8.

A front elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 8 is shown in FIG. 4.

Tsuchiya, Masayoshi, Kanno, Ryuta, Tsuchiya, Tsutomu, Kono, Kenichiro

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