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Beam component for a construction kit

Granted 2 Sep 2014 · 2 office actions

Inventors: Douglas Michael Galletti, John Edward Vielkind-Neun, Arthur Philip Dutra, IV, David Anthony Norman +4 · Examiner: Cynthia M Chin · AU 2917 · TC 2900

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29/451,722

filed 8 Apr 2013

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US D712489

granted 2 Sep 2014

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a beam component for a construction kit in accordance with a First Embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 taken of line 2 - 2 from FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a top side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a bottom side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a left side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a front side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a rear side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 10 is a front perspective view of a beam connector component for a construction kit in accordance with another Embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 10 taken of line 11 - 11 from FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 12 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 13 is a top side perspective view of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 14 is a bottom side view of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 15 is right side view of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 16 is a left side view of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 17 is a front side view of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 18 is a rear side view of FIG. 10 ;

FIG. 19 is a front perspective view of a beam connector component for a construction kit in accordance with another Embodiment;

FIG. 20 is a sectional view of FIG. 19 taken of line 28 - 28 from FIG. 19 ;

FIG. 21 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 19 ;

FIG. 22 is a top side view of FIG. 19 ;

FIG. 23 is a bottom side view of FIG. 19 ;

FIG. 24 is a right side view of FIG. 19 ;

FIG. 25 is a left side view of FIG. 19 ;

FIG. 26 is a front side view of FIG. 19 ;

FIG. 27 is a rear side view of FIG. 19 ;

FIG. 28 is a front perspective view of a beam connector component for a construction kit in accordance with another Embodiment;

FIG. 29 is a sectional view of FIG. 28 taken of line 29 - 29 from FIG. 28 ;

FIG. 30 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 28 ;

FIG. 31 is a top side perspective view of FIG. 28 ;

FIG. 32 is a bottom side view of FIG. 28 ;

FIG. 33 is a right side view of FIG. 28 ;

FIG. 34 is a left side view of FIG. 28 ;

FIG. 35 is a front side view of FIG. 28 ;

FIG. 36 is a rear side view of FIG. 28 ;

FIG. 37 is a front perspective view of a beam component for a construction kit in accordance with another Embodiment;

FIG. 38 is a sectional view of FIG. 37 taken of line 38 - 38 from FIG. 37 ;

FIG. 39 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 37 ;

FIG. 40 is a top side view of FIG. 37 ;

FIG. 41 is a bottom side view of FIG. 37 ;

FIG. 42 is a right side view of FIG. 37 ;

FIG. 43 is a left side view of FIG. 37 ;

FIG. 44 is a front side view of FIG. 37 ;

FIG. 45 is a rear side view of FIG. 37 ;

FIG. 46 is a front perspective view of a beam component for a construction kit in accordance with another Embodiment;

FIG. 47 is a sectional view of FIG. 46 taken of line 47 - 47 from FIG. 46 ;

FIG. 48 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 46 ;

FIG. 49 is a top side view of FIG. 46 ;

FIG. 50 is a bottom side view of FIG. 46 ;

FIG. 51 is a right side view of FIG. 46 ;

FIG. 52 is a left side view of FIG. 46 ;

FIG. 53 is a front side view of FIG. 46 ;

FIG. 54 is a rear side view of FIG. 46 ;

FIG. 55 is a front perspective view of a beam component for a construction kit in accordance with another Embodiment;

FIG. 56 is a sectional view of FIG. 55 taken of line 56 - 56 from FIG. 55 ;

FIG. 57 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 55 ;

FIG. 58 is a top side view of FIG. 55 ;

FIG. 59 is a bottom side view of FIG. 55 ;

FIG. 60 is a right side view of FIG. 55 ;

FIG. 61 is a left side view of FIG. 55 ;

FIG. 62 is a front side view of FIG. 55 ;

FIG. 63 is a rear side view of FIG. 55 ;

FIG. 64 is a front perspective view of a beam component for a construction kit in accordance with another Embodiment;

FIG. 65 is a sectional view of FIG. 64 taken of line 73 - 73 from FIG. 64 ;

FIG. 66 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 64 ;

FIG. 67 is a top side view of FIG. 64 ;

FIG. 68 is a bottom side view of FIG. 64 ;

FIG. 69 is a right side view of FIG. 64 ;

FIG. 70 is a left side view of FIG. 64 ;

FIG. 71 is a front side view of FIG. 64 ; and,

FIG. 72 is a rear side view of FIG. 64 .

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a beam component for a construction kit, as shown and described.

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D21/486D21/491D21/500

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D712489-S	S1	2 Sep 2014	8 Apr 2013	granted	Beam component for a construction kit
US	US-D716879-S	S1	4 Nov 2014	25 Feb 2014	granted	Beam component for a construction kit

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-153336-S	S	13 Jun 2014	2 Oct 2013	granted	Beam component for a construction kit
TW	TW-D161052-S	S	11 Jun 2014	4 Oct 2013	published	Beam component for a construction kit
TW	TW-D162368-S	S	11 Aug 2014	4 Oct 2013	published	Beam component for a construction kit
TW	TW-D162369-S	S	11 Aug 2014	4 Oct 2013	published	Beam component for a construction kit
TW	TW-D164184-S	S	11 Nov 2014	4 Oct 2013	published	Beam component for a construction kit

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