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Current assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · originally Panasonic

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Inventors: Yoshitaka Hara, Akira Okonogi, Kiyondo Kobayashi, Masashi Takazawa · Examiner: Susan J. Lucas · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 17 Apr 1997
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US D398656
granted 22 Sep 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, and right…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, and right side view of my design for a signpost;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a back side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof.

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