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Electric cord connector

Granted 23 Jun 1981 · no office action yet

Current assignee: General Electric Company · originally General Electric

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Inventors: Robert L. Martin, Donald F. Smith · Examiner: Susan J. Lucas · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 23 May 1979
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US D259637
granted 23 Jun 1981

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one side of an electric cord connector illustrating our new design.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the other side of the electric cord connector illustrating the device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an end elevational view of one end of the electric cord connector of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an end elevational view of the other end of the electric cord connector of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the electric cord connector as in FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the electric cord connector of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a vertical side elevational view of one side of an electric cord connector illustrating our new design.

FIG. 8 is a vertical side elevational view of the other side of the electric cord connector of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of an alternative form of the electric cord connector as illustrated in FIG. 5.

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