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Single sided spirit level

Granted 19 Oct 2010 · no office action yet

Application
29/347,741
filed 5 May 2010
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US D625631
granted 19 Oct 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a single sided spirit level including a main body, a central horizontal bubble vial housing, a left handgrip, a right handgrip, a left end cap, a right end cap and a left side vertical bubble vial housing;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the spirit level of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the spirit level of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a left elevation view of the spirit level of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the spirit level of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view of the spirit level of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is right elevation view of the spirit level of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a close up front perspective view of the central horizontal bubble vial housing of the spirit level of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a close up front elevation view of the central horizontal bubble vial housing of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10 is a close up front perspective view of the left end cap of the spirit level of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 11 is a close up front elevation view of the end cap of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 12 is a close up front perspective view of a handgrip of the spirit level of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 13 is a close up front elevation view of the handgrip of FIG. 12 .

The broken lines along the main body of the spirit level in FIGS. 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 and 6 indicate that the lengths between the horizontal bubble vial housing and its adjacent handgrips, an end cap and its adjacent handgrip, and the left end cap and the left side vertical bubble vial housing can vary from the lengths shown in FIG. 1 according to the overall length of the spirit level; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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D10/69

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Antoine D Davis
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