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Device to assist in hooking up a vehicle to a trailer

Granted 18 Jun 2002 · no office action yet

Assignee: Karl A. Ross

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Inventors: Karl A. Ross, Kenneth L. Ross · Examiner: Stacia Cadmus · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/143,693
filed 19 Jun 2001
Publication
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US D458877
granted 18 Jun 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device to assist in hooking up a vehicle to a trailer, showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged top view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged bottom view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front elevational view of each component shown in FIG. 1, the broken away portions are shown for ease of illustration;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged left side elevational view of each component shown in FIG. 1, the broken away portions are shown for ease of illustration;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged left elevational view of each component shown in FIG. 1, the broken away portions are shown for ease of illustration; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 1, shown in an exemplary environment of use.

The phantom lines shown in FIG. 7, illustrating portions of a trailer and a pick-up truck, do not form a part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/162

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