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Hand guard for a firearm

Granted 20 Mar 2012 · no office action yet

Current assignee: U.S. Bank National Association · originally Magpul Industries Corp.

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Inventors: Richard Fitzpatrick, Michael T. Mayberry, Eric Christopher Burt · Examiner: Michael Pratt · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/379,439
filed 19 Nov 2010
Publication
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US D656215
granted 20 Mar 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left side elevation view…

FIG. 1 is a left side elevation view of a hand guard for a firearm shown mounted on a rifle, with the rifle illustrated in broken lines showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left, front, bottom perspective view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a front elevation view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a left, front, bottom perspective view of an alternate embodiment of a hand guard illustrating a break in the hand guard with no specific length being claimed;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevation view of the embodiment of FIG. 8 , the left side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 10 is top plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 11 is bottom plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevation view of the embodiment of FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 13 is a front elevation view of the embodiment of FIG. 8 .

The broken lines showing portions of the design in all figures is included for the purpose of illustrating environment and unclaimed features and forms not part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D22/108

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487 days filing → grant
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Examiner
Michael Pratt
art unit 2914 · TC 2900
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