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Battery latch

Granted 9 Mar 2004 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation · originally Techtronic Industries

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Inventors: Todd W. Johnson · Examiner: Joel Sincavage · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/174,498
filed 17 Jan 2003
Publication
Not published
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US D487426
granted 9 Mar 2004

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Description

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›The single FIGURE is a side view of…

The single FIGURE is a side view of a battery latch embodying the invention.

The broken lines showing a battery housing are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Classifications

2 codes
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/119

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417 days filing → grant
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1
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Joel Sincavage
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
Citations: 56 back · 0 forward

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