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Hitch step

Granted 11 Apr 2023 · no office action yet

Assignee: WINSTON PRODUCTS LLC

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Inventors: Rui Li, Troy Hatcher · Examiner: Joseph Kukella · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/782,114
filed 4 May 2021
Publication
Not published
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US D983112
granted 11 Apr 2023

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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 a hitch step showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top perspective view of a hitch step showing our new design; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom perspective view thereof.

In the drawings the broken lines depict portions of the hitch step that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/203

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