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Twist-on wire connector

Granted 28 Jul 2009 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: King Technology, Inc. · originally William Hiner

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Inventors: Lloyd Herbert King, Jr., William Hiner, James C. Keeven · Examiner: Brian N Vinson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/308,689
filed 1 Jul 2008
Publication
Not published
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US D597034
granted 28 Jul 2009

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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 twist-on wire connector, showing my design;

FIG. 2 is front side elevation view of the twist-on wire connector of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view of the twist-on wire connector of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view of the twist-on wire connector of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a back elevation view of the twist-on wire connector of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the twist-on wire connector of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the twist-on wire connector of FIG. 1 .

The broken-line disclosure 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
D13/156

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Pendency
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392 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Brian N Vinson
art unit 2911 · TC 2900
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