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Coupling

Granted 15 Jan 2019 · 2 office actions

Application
29/603,021
filed 5 May 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D838350
granted 15 Jan 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the coupling.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the coupling of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a back view of the coupling of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the coupling of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the coupling of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top view of the coupling of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the coupling of FIG. 1 .

The evenly dashed broken lines illustrate portions of the coupling that form no part of the claim. The dash dot broken lines indicate boundaries of the claim and form no part thereof.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/262D24/129

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Examiner
Eric L Goodman
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10 members · 4 offices
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4
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-2013092271-A1A118 Apr 201312 Oct 2012publishedCoupling
USUS-D788890-SS16 Jun 20174 Feb 2016grantedCoupling
USthis patentUS-D838350-SS115 Jan 20195 May 2017grantedCoupling
USUS-2019137021-A1A19 May 20194 Jan 2019publishedCoupling
USUS-10711931-B2B214 Jul 20204 Jan 2019grantedCoupling
USUS-2020292115-A1A117 Sep 20202 Jun 2020publishedCoupling
EPEP-2766650-A1A120 Aug 201412 Oct 2012publishedKupplungde
EPEP-2766650-B1B16 Jul 201612 Oct 2012grantedCouplagefr
CNCN-103975186-AA6 Aug 201412 Oct 2012published联接器zh
WOWO-2013056051-A1A118 Apr 201312 Oct 2012publishedCouplagefr

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