Patent
   D474312
Priority
Jan 11 2002
Filed
Jan 11 2002
Issued
May 06 2003
Expiry
May 06 2017
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a robotic vacuum cleaner, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a right perspective view of a robotic vacuum cleaner showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a top elevational view thereof.

In FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5 the broken lines showing drive wheels and rear support wheel are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Stephens, Ronald J., Archer, Matthew J., Abramson, Shai, Levin, Shalom, Tikochinsky, Yoav, Davidovitch, Oded

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