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Flexible pipe coupling

Granted 26 Jan 2010 · no office action yet

Assignee: Victaulic Company

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Inventors: Douglas R. Dole, Vance W. Henry, John W. Pierce, Ahmad Sith +1 · Examiner: T. Chase Nelson · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/339,894
filed 9 Jul 2009
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US D608865
granted 26 Jan 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an isometric view of our…

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of our design for a flexible pipe coupling;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the design for a flexible pipe coupling shown in FIG. 1 , the rear view being identical;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the design for a flexible pipe coupling shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of a design for a flexible pipe coupling shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the design for a flexible pipe coupling shown in FIG. 1 , the right side view being identical;

The broken lines in FIGS. 1–5 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/262

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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D600784-SS122 Sep 20094 Dec 2008grantedFlexible pipe coupling
USthis patentUS-D608865-SS126 Jan 20109 Jul 2009grantedFlexible pipe coupling
USUS-D608866-SS126 Jan 20109 Jul 2009grantedFlexible pipe coupling segment
USUS-D608867-SS126 Jan 20109 Jul 2009grantedFlexible pipe coupling segment
›Other offices — 10 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-326580-SS29 Jun 20093 Jun 2009publishedFlexible pipe coupling segment
AUAU-326583-SS29 Jun 20093 Jun 2009publishedFlexible pipe coupling
AUAU-326584-SS29 Jun 20093 Jun 2009publishedFlexible pipe coupling segment
AUAU-326585-SS29 Jun 20093 Jun 2009publishedFlexible pipe coupling
CACA-130925-SS6 Oct 20113 Jun 2009grantedFlexible pipe coupling
CACA-134052-SS6 Oct 20113 Jun 2009grantedFlexible pipe coupling segment
CACA-134053-SS6 Oct 20113 Jun 2009grantedFlexible pipe coupling
CACA-134054-SS6 Oct 20113 Jun 2009grantedFlexible pipe coupling segment
TWTW-D135679-S1S11 Jul 20103 Jun 2009publishedFlexible pipe coupling segment
TWTW-D135680-S1S11 Jul 20103 Jun 2009publishedFlexible pipe coupling

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