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29/179,815
filed 14 Apr 2003
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US D485643
granted 20 Jan 2004

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Description

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The file of this patent contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent with color drawings will be provided by the Patent and Trademark Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a capsule in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof with a right side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof with a rear elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a capsule in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view of the second embodiment with a right side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of the second embodiment with a rear elevational view thereof being identical;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the second embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a capsule in accordance with a third preferred embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view of the third embodiment with a right side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front elevational view of the third embodiment with a rear elevational view thereof being identical;

FIG. 12 is a top plan view of the third embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a capsule in accordance with a fourth preferred embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 14 is a left side elevational view of the fourth embodiment with a right side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front elevational view of the fourth embodiment with a rear elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 16 is a top plan view of the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a capsule in accordance with a fifth preferred embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 18 is a left side elevational view of the fifth embodiment with a right side elevational view thereof being identical;

FIG. 19 is a front elevational view of the fifth embodiment with a rear elevational view thereof being identical;

FIG. 20 is a top plan view of the fifth embodiment;

FIG. 21 is a perspective view of a capsule in accordance with a sixth preferred embodiment of my new design;

FIG. 22 is a left side elevational view of the sixth embodiment with a right side elevational view thereof being identical;

FIG. 23 is a front elevational view of the sixth embodiment with a rear elevational view thereof being identical; and,

FIG. 24 is a top plan view of the sixth embodiment.

The bottom plan view of the capsule is not shown in the drawings or described in the specification and, therefore, forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
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