From dan@sevush.com Mon Aug 11 03:54:32 2003
Subject:RE: New Leslie

Patents on original Leslie designs would be quite expired by now - 17 + 17
years. Perhaps newer artwork on variable speed DC motors, but that's just
one part of the overall design and infringement would be hard to sell.

> Sorry, but this looks NOTHING like the MS 145. Go
> back and compare. This thing looks like a real leslie
> (how did they get around patents???), whereas the MS
> 145 looks like....a Motion Sound product. The MS145
> has the control panel on the front, and of course,
> those grills. These are 2 different species, possibly
> of the same animal.