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Needle threader

Granted 22 Apr 2008 · no office action yet

Assignee: Clover Technologies Group

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Inventors: Hiroko Mihara · Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/244,339
filed 8 Dec 2005
Publication
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US D566961
granted 22 Apr 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a needle threader showing my design, the rear view being a mirror image;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the same needle threader;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the same needle threader;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the same needle threader;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the same needle threader;

FIG. 6 is a front view similar to FIG. 1 but showing the same needle threader with the threading plate pivoted into the housing when the needle threader is out of use;

FIG. 7 is a left side view similar to FIG. 2 but showing the same needle threader with the threading plate pivoted into the housing;

FIG. 8 is a right side view similar to FIG. 3 but showing the same needle threader with the threading plate pivoted into the housing;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view similar to FIG. 4 but showing the same needle threader with the threading plate pivoted into the housing; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom view similar to FIG. 5 but showing the same needle threader with the threading plate pivoted into the housing.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D03/18

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