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In-line ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI)

Granted 12 Nov 2019 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Tower Mfg Corp · originally Tower Group, Inc.

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Inventors: Victor Aromin, Louis J Shatkin, Danial R Paquette · Examiner: Angela J Lee · AU 2921 · TC 2900

Application
29/666,921
filed 17 Oct 2018
Publication
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US D866485
granted 12 Nov 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the in-line ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) employing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a front end view of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear end view of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines in the drawings represent portions of the in-line ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/160

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