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Writing instrument

Granted 28 Apr 2009 · no office action yet

Assignee: Sanford L.P.

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Inventors: Steffen F. Koury, Matthew J. Gerules · Examiner: Elizabeth A Albert · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/304,399
filed 29 Feb 2008
Publication
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US D591352
granted 28 Apr 2009

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing our…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing our new design for a writing instrument;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the writing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the writing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the writing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the writing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the writing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the writing instrument of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the writing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the writing instrument of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10 is a left side view of the writing instrument of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 11 is a rear view of the writing instrument of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 12 is a right side view of the writing instrument of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of the writing instrument of FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view of the writing instrument of FIG. 8 .

The broken lines showing the writing tip in the drawings illustrate environmental matter and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D19/50

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