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Locking rod device

Granted 15 Dec 2009 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Wyers Philip W

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Inventors: Philip W. Wyers · Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/192,232
filed 20 Oct 2003
Publication
Not published
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US D605927
granted 15 Dec 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 locking rod device showing my new design with the lock head to the left;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a locking rod device with the lock head to the right;

FIG. 3 is a side view.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing ¼turn clockwise rotation of FIG. 3 .

FIG. 5 is a side view showing ¼turn clockwise rotation of FIG. 4

FIG. 6 is an end view from the non-locking side.

FIG. 7 is an end view from the locking head side.

FIG. 8 is a side view with the lock in the unlock position.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a second embodiment of the locking rod device.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing a third embodiment of the locking rod device.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a fourth embodiment of the locking rod device.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing a fifth embodiment of the locking rod device; and,

FIGS. 9–12 disclose different sizes and lengths of the lock rod device, which can be connected to the ornamental end portions disclosed in FIG. 1–8 .

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/331

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Pendency
6.2 y
2,248 days filing → grant
Office actions
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Responses
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Examiner
Prabhakar Deshmukh
art unit 2912 · TC 2900
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