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Extendable fork

Granted 15 Oct 2019 · no office action yet

Assignee: HUMANGEAR, INC.

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Inventors: Kevin J. Kilpatrick, Steven R. Takayama, Christopher A. Miksovsky · Examiner: Ricky Pham · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/653,612
filed 16 Jun 2018
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US D862997
granted 15 Oct 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an extendable fork in a nested position in accordance with the present design.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the extendable fork in the nested position.

FIG. 3 is a back view of the extendable fork in the nested position.

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the extendable fork in the nested position.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the extendable fork in the nested position.

FIG. 6 is a head end view of the extendable fork in the nested position.

FIG. 7 is a handle end view of the extendable fork in the nested position.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the extendable fork in an extended position.

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the extendable fork in the extended position.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the fork element alone of the extendable fork.

FIG. 11 is a front perspective view of the handle alone of the extendable fork; and,

FIG. 12 is a back perspective view of the handle alone of the extendable fork.

The broken lines are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D07/643D7/401.2D7/642D7/653

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