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Pipe coupling

Granted 27 Jul 2004 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Victaulic Company Of America · originally Victaulic Company

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

Application
29/190,545
filed 23 Sep 2003
Publication
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US D493512
granted 27 Jul 2004

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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 FIGS. 4 and 6 are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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D23/262

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USthis patentUS-D493512-SS127 Jul 200423 Sep 2003grantedPipe coupling
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