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Clevis and hitch ball mount assembly

Granted 9 Feb 2021 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: GLAS USA LLC · originally Horizon Global

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Inventors: Michael Maurer, Alex Meyer, Eric Yukich, Doug Soulsby +1 · Examiner: Susan E Krakower · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/614,524
filed 21 Aug 2017
Publication
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US D909922
granted 9 Feb 2021

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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 clevis and hitch ball mount assembly showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of a clevis and hitch ball mount assembly and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/162

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Examiner
Susan E Krakower
art unit 2917 · TC 2900
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USUS-D941713-SS125 Jan 20228 Feb 2021grantedClevis hitch ball mount
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CACA-179880-SS19 Feb 201921 Feb 2018grantedCombined clevis and hitch ball mount assembly
CACA-185939-SS19 Feb 201921 Feb 2018grantedCombined clevis and hitch ball mount assembly

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