USPatentGranted

Elbow fitting

Granted 5 Mar 2019 · no office action yet

Assignee: Victaulic Company

Inventors: Ahmad Sith, Charles E. Wilk, Jr., Scott D. Madara, Alan M. Yesavage +2 · Examiner: Eric L Goodman · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application

29/635,485

filed 31 Jan 2018

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Not published

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US D842440

granted 5 Mar 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an…

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an elbow fitting showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the design of the elbow fitting shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the design of the elbow fitting shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the design of the elbow fitting shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the design of the elbow fitting shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the design of the elbow fitting shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a right side view of the design of the elbow fitting shown in FIG. 1 .

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Claims

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1 granted claims

›1.independentWe claim the ornamental design for an elbow fitting, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D23/263

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Examiner

Eric L Goodman

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10 members · 5 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D819789-S	S1	5 Jun 2018	24 Oct 2016	granted	Elbow fitting
USthis patent	US-D842440-S	S1	5 Mar 2019	31 Jan 2018	granted	Elbow fitting
JP	JP-1587191-S	S	2 Oct 2017	24 Apr 2017	granted	no title held
JP	JP-1587192-S	S	2 Oct 2017	24 Apr 2017	granted	no title held

›Other offices — 6 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-201711643-S	S	6 Apr 2017	21 Mar 2017	published	Elbow fitting
AU	AU-201711644-S	S	6 Apr 2017	21 Mar 2017	published	Elbow fitting
CA	CA-174012-S	S	15 May 2018	4 Apr 2017	granted	Elbow fitting
CA	CA-179082-S	S	15 May 2018	4 Apr 2017	granted	Elbow fitting
TW	TW-D188719-S	S	21 Feb 2018	21 Apr 2017	published	Elbow fitting
TW	TW-D191861-S	S	21 Jul 2018	21 Apr 2017	published	Elbow fitting

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