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Pipe coupling

Granted 2 Dec 2003 · no office action yet

Inventors: Douglas R. Dole, Charles E. Wilk, Jr., Ronald R. Snyder, Sr., Lawrence W. Thau, Jr. · Examiner: Robin V. Taylor · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/172,661

filed 16 Dec 2002

Publication

Not published

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US D483095

granted 2 Dec 2003

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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 first embodiment of our design for a pipe coupling;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the pipe coupling shown in FIG. 1, the opposite side, the top and bottom views being identical thereto;

FIG. 3 is an end view of the pipe coupling shown in FIG. 1, the opposite end view being identical;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of our design for a pipe coupling;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the pipe coupling shown in FIG. 4, the opposite side, the top and bottom views being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 6 is an end view of the pipe coupling shown in FIG. 4, the opposite end view being identical.

The broken lines shown in the various Figures are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a pipe coupling, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D23/262

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D483095-S	S1	2 Dec 2003	16 Dec 2002	granted	Pipe coupling
US	US-D493214-S	S1	20 Jul 2004	22 Sep 2003	granted	Pipe coupling

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-103397-S	S	27 Aug 2004	13 Jun 2003	granted	Pipe coupling
CA	CA-107488-S	S	27 Aug 2004	13 Jun 2003	granted	Pipe coupling

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