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Faceplate

Granted 20 Jan 1998 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Panduit Corp. · originally Panduit

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Inventors: Craig Scherer, Michael Thuma · Examiner: B. J. Bullock · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 12 Nov 1996
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US D389398
granted 20 Jan 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a faceplate showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side is a mirror image; and,

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom is a mirror image.

The broken line showing of the plug receiving apertures in FIGS. 1 and 2 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D08/353

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