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Ear wick with finger grip

Granted 30 Apr 2013 · 2 office actions

Assignee: John J. Solomon, Jr.

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Inventors: John J. Solomon, Jr., David F Bentley · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/374,172
filed 11 Jul 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D681189
granted 30 Apr 2013

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front and top isometric…

FIG. 1 is a front and top isometric view of an assembled ear wick with finger grip showing the design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan being a mirror image of the top view shown;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view thereof, illustrating the three separate parts of the design, the finger grip, cone, and wick;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side being a mirror image of the left view shown;

FIG. 5 is a front side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a back side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front and top isometric view of an alternative embodiment of FIG. 1 , the sole difference being the merging of the finger grip and cone into one piece;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan being a mirror image of the top view shown;

FIG. 9 is an exploded view thereof, illustrating the two separate parts of the design, the finger grip-cone and wick;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side being a mirror image of the left view shown;

FIG. 11 is a front side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a back side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a front and top isometric view of an alternative embodiment of FIG. 1 , the sole difference being the merging of the finger grip, cone and wick into one piece;

FIG. 14 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan being a mirror image of the top view shown;

FIG. 15 is a left elevational view thereof, the right side being a mirror image of the left view shown;

FIG. 16 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a back side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a front and top isometric view of an alternative embodiment of FIG. 1 , the sole difference being the merging of the cone and wick into one piece;

FIG. 19 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan being a mirror image of the top view shown;

FIG. 20 is an exploded view thereof, illustrating the two separate parts of the design, the finger grip and cone-wick;

FIG. 21 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side being a mirror image of the left view shown;

FIG. 22 is a front side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 23 is a back side elevational view thereof.

The gray tone/contrasting shown in FIGS. 1-6 solely represents the finger grip, being a first material, the cone being of a second material, and the wick being a third material.

The gray tone/contrasting shown in FIGS. 7-12 solely represents the finger grip and the cone being of a first material and the wick being of a second material.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/106

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Pendency
1.8 y
659 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Wan Laymon
art unit 2916 · TC 2900
Citations: 7 back · 0 forward

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