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Bucket shroud

Granted 24 May 2022 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Caterpillar Inc. · originally Caterpillar

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Inventors: Thomas Marshall Congdon, Nathan Bjerke · Examiner: Michelle E. Wilson · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/785,347

filed 25 May 2021

Publication

Not published

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US D952697

granted 24 May 2022

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2 dated events

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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 bucket shroud showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a bucket shroud, as shown and described.

Classifications

1 codes

USPC · US Patent Classification

D15/29

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Pendency

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Examiner

Michelle E. Wilson

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7 members · 3 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D927561-S	S1	10 Aug 2021	4 Oct 2019	granted	Bucket shroud
USthis patent	US-D952697-S	S1	24 May 2022	25 May 2021	granted	Bucket shroud
US	US-D991986-S	S1	11 Jul 2023	8 Apr 2022	granted	Bucket shroud
US	US-D1018602-S	S1	19 Mar 2024	9 May 2023	granted	Bucket shroud
US	US-D1046928-S	S1	15 Oct 2024	19 Jan 2024	granted	Bucket shroud

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-194242-S	S	4 Feb 2022	31 Mar 2020	granted	Bucket shroud
CL	CL-2020000693-S1	S1	10 Jul 2020	17 Mar 2020	published	Cubierta para pala.es

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