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Heavy duty electric plug

Granted 23 Sep 1980 · no office action yet

Current assignee: General Electric Company · originally General Electric

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Inventors: Donald F. Smith, Lawrence P. Mellyn, Michael Ostrelich · Examiner: Sam Rosen · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application
973654
filed 26 Dec 1978
Publication
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US D257036
granted 23 Sep 1980

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a heavy duty electric plug illustrating our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an elevational view of the side opposite that shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of an alternate embodiment of the heavy duty electric plug differing in size and third prong;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 12 is an elevational view of the side opposite that of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof; and

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The surface design shown completely in FIGS. 1 and 8 is incompletely shown in FIGS. 2-5, 7 and 9-13 for ease of illustration and is understood to repeat over the area left blank.

The portions of FIG. 1 and FIG. 8 shown in broken lines represent an electric cord and they do not form a part of the claimed design.

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D13/28

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