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Card reader

Granted 16 Jul 1996 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Software House Inc. · originally International House Corp.

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Inventors: Brian Matteson, John L. Moss, Thomas Turner, David Chastain +1 · Examiner: Freda Nunn · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 21 Sep 1994
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US D371765
granted 16 Jul 1996

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a card reader showing one embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the card reader shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the card reader shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the card reader shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the card reader shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the card reader shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front view of a card reader showing another embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the card reader shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a top view of the card reader shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a left side view of the card reader shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a right side view of the card reader shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a rear view of the card reader shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is a front view of a card reader showing still another embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the card reader shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a top view of the card reader shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a left side view of the card reader shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 17 is a right side view of the card reader shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 18 is a rear view of the card reader shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 19 is a perspective view of the card reader shown in FIGS. 1-6;

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of the cad reader shown in FIGS. 7-12; and,

FIG. 21 is a perspective view of the card reader shown in FIGS. 13-18.

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D14/105

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