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Shelving connector

Granted 25 Apr 2017 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Target Brands, Inc · originally Target Corporation

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Inventors: Thomas P. Kuehn · Examiner: Sheryl Lane · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/519,832
filed 9 Mar 2015
Publication
Not published
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US D784797
granted 25 Apr 2017

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a right, front, perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a right, front, perspective view of a shelving connector showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left, front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image of the right side view;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is an environmental right, front perspective view of the shelving connector of FIG. 1 .

The broken line showing of the shelf and shelf supports in FIG. 8 represents the environment of the claimed design and forms no part thereof. The broken lines in FIGS. 1-8 illustrate portions of the shelving connector and form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines in the drawings define the bounds of the claim and form no part thereof. All portions of the shelving connector between the break lines in FIGS. 1-5 and 8 form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/382

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Examiner
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