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Extendable flashlight

Granted 19 Nov 2002 · no office action yet

Application
29/152,690
filed 20 Dec 2001
Publication
Not published
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US D465864
granted 19 Nov 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top plan view of…

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an extendable flashlight showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof, with the right side elevational view being the mirror image of the left side elevational view;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof; and

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof, with the flashlight fully extended.

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of an extendable flashlight showing a second embodiment of the new design;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view thereof, with the right side elevational view being the mirror image of the left side elevational view;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a left side elevational view thereof, with the flashlight fully extended.

The extension portion of the flashlight, when fully extended, is as shown in FIGS. 6 and 12 when viewed from any of the top, bottom, left or right sides. The appearance of the top and bottom portions of the unextended flashlight in the top, bottom, right and left side elevational views do not change when the flashlight is extended, although when the flashlight is extended such top and bottom portions are separated by the extension portion of the flashlight, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 12. Similarly, the front and rear elevational views do not change when the flashlight is extended.

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Classifications

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IPC · International Patent Classification
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D26/37

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Examiner
Marcus A. Jackson
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