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Assist device

Granted 17 Jul 2012 · 4 office actions

Application
29/339,503
filed 1 Jul 2009
Publication
Not published
not published
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US D663798
granted 17 Jul 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the assist device;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the assist device;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the assist device;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the assist device;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the assist device; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the assist device.

All other views are not claimed.

Features illustrated with dashed lines are not considered features of the invention being claimed, but rather illustrate an exemplary environment for the claimed features illustrated with solid lines.

Exemplary materials for the assist device include but are not limited to plastics, leather, synthetic leather, natural (e.g. cotton) or synthetic fabric, woven or unwoven, or combinations thereof.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D21/789D24/190

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Responses
2
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Examiner
T. Chase Nelson
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