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Connecting device

Granted 12 Jun 2018 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Compal Electronics

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Inventors: I-Lung Chen, Chen-Hsien Cheng, Ching-Hua Li, I-Chen Chen +3 · Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan · AU 2918 · TC 2900

Application
29/561,533
filed 18 Apr 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D820266
granted 12 Jun 2018

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a connecting device showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of an indicated portion of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view thereof showing in a close state;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof showing in a close state;

FIG. 11 is a rear view thereof showing in a close state;

FIG. 12 is a left side view thereof showing in a close state;

FIG. 13 is a right side view thereof showing in a close state;

FIG. 14 is a top view thereof showing in a close state; and,

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof showing in a close state.

The dot-dashed broken lines represent a boundary of the claimed design and form no part of the claimed design. The large thick dashes seen in FIG. 5 and FIG. 8 encircling and referencing the enlargement form no part of the claim, while the remaining small dashed broken lines depict portions of the connecting device that form no part of the claimed design. The claim is directed to the design shown in solid lines and shaded surfaces, and all unshaded surfaces shown between the broken and solid lines form no part of the claim design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/434

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785 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Susan Bennett Hattan
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