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Retaining wall block

Granted 1 May 2007 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Anchor Wall Systems, Inc. · originally Anchor Wall Systems

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Inventors: Jay J. Johnson, Jimmie L. Mugge · Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/248,240
filed 4 Aug 2006
Publication
Not published
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US D541951
granted 1 May 2007

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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 a front portion of a retaining wall block according to my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 1,

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a front portion of a retaining wall block according to my new design;

FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 7; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 7.

The broken line showing of the back portion of the block is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D25/113

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270 days filing → grant
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Responses
1
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Examiner
Louis S. Zarfas
art unit 2914 · TC 2900
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D530831-SS124 Oct 200613 Jul 2005grantedRetaining wall block
USthis patentUS-D541951-SS11 May 20074 Aug 2006grantedRetaining wall block
USUS-D576293-SS12 Sep 200830 Jan 2007grantedRetaining wall block
USUS-D596318-SS114 Jul 20093 Jul 2008grantedRetaining wall block
›Other offices — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-307696-SS5 Jul 200610 Jan 2006publishedRetaining wall block
AUAU-307698-SS5 Jul 200610 Jan 2006publishedRetaining wall block
AUAU-307699-SS5 Jul 200610 Jan 2006publishedRetaining wall block
AUAU-307700-SS5 Jul 200610 Jan 2006publishedRetaining wall block
AUAU-307701-SS5 Jul 200610 Jan 2006publishedRetaining wall block

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