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Resilient flooring surface installation tool having suction cups and an elastomeric strap therebetween

Granted 14 Mar 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation · originally Mark Smith

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Inventors: Mark Smith · Examiner: Jeffrey Asch · AU 293 · TC 2900

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filed 12 Jan 1999
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US D421556
granted 14 Mar 2000

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›FIG. 1 is a left, rear perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a left, rear perspective view of an resilient flooring surface installation tool having suction cups and an elastomeric strap therebetween showing my new design.

FIG. 2 is a view of either suction cup showing the side to which the elastomeric strap connects, the suction cup having been shown separately for convenience of illustration.

FIG. 3 is an end view thereof, both ends being the same in appearance.

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof.

FIG. 5is a left side view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof, and.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The elastomeric strap has been shown broken away in FIGS. 4-7 for convenience of illustration. The two suction cups are the same in appearance except that one is slightly smaller than the other.

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