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Connecting terminal

Granted 10 Aug 2021 · 2 office actions

Application
29/680,909
filed 21 Feb 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D927431
granted 10 Aug 2021

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of a first embodiment of a connecting terminal, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top, rear, left side perspective view of the connecting terminal of FIG. 1 , shown in a condition of use and at a reduced scale;

FIG. 8 is a bottom, rear, right side perspective view of the connecting terminal of FIG. 1 , shown in a condition for use;

FIG. 9 is a top, rear, left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front elevation view of a second embodiment of a connecting terminal, showing our new design;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevation view thereof, the left side elevation view being identical thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a top, rear, left side perspective view of the connecting terminal of FIG. 10 , shown in a condition of use and at a reduced scale;

FIG. 16 is a bottom, rear, right side perspective view of the connecting terminal of FIG. 10 , shown in a condition for use; and,

FIG. 17 is a top, rear, left side perspective view thereof.

The arcuate broken lines shown within the circular portions of the connecting terminal in FIGS. 7, 9, 15 and 17 depict portions of the connecting terminal that form no part of the claimed design. All other broken lines shown in the drawings show environmental subject matter that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/154D13/120

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Pendency
2.5 y
901 days filing → grant
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Examiner
Kendra Leslie Hamilton
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