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Hook element piece for hook-and-loop fastener

Granted 14 May 2002 · no office action yet

Assignee: YKK Corporation

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Inventors: Tsuyoshi Minato, Mitsuru Akeno · Examiner: Holly Baynham · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/101,309
filed 26 Feb 1999
Publication
Not published
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US D457053
granted 14 May 2002

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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 hook element piece for a hook-and-loop fastener.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the hook element piece of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the hook element piece of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a base view of the hook element piece of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5—5 of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the hook element piece of FIG. 1.

The claimed design is shown fragmented for ease of illustration and clarity of the disclosure.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/382

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