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Steering wheel

Granted 12 Jun 2012 · no office action yet

Assignee: Caterpillar

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Inventors: Terril J. Johnson, David A. Lucas · Examiner: Melody N Brown · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/403,210
filed 3 Oct 2011
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US D661629
granted 12 Jun 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a steering wheel embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof.

The broken lines appearing in FIGS. 1-7 define the bounds of the claimed design and/or disclose environment related to the claimed design, and therefore form no part of the claimed design.

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D12/176

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USUS-D649096-SS122 Nov 201123 Feb 2011grantedSteering wheel
USthis patentUS-D661629-SS112 Jun 20123 Oct 2011grantedSteering wheel
USUS-D690633-SS11 Oct 201325 Feb 2013grantedSteering wheel
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AUAU-338490-SS12 Sep 201117 Aug 2011publishedSteering wheel
BRBR-DI7104723-SS6 May 201423 Aug 2011publishedConfiguração aplicada em volante de direçãopt
CACA-141919-SS21 Mar 201218 Aug 2011grantedSteering wheel

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