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Front opening unified pod

Granted 8 Apr 2025 · no office action yet

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29/850,241
filed 18 Aug 2022
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US D1069741
granted 8 Apr 2025

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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 front opening unified pod showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is another perspective view to show a disassemble state of elements at the bottom thereof;

FIG. 9 is another perspective view to shown in environmental use that the front opening unified pod used with an expansion tube with its connecting element;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 ;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 15 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 4 ;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 4 ;

FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 4 ;

FIG. 19 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 21 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 22 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 23 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 24 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 25 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 26 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 27 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 28 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 29 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 30 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 31 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 32 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 33 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 34 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 35 is another perspective view of the front opening unified pod showing my new design;

FIG. 36 is another perspective view of the front opening unified pod showing my new design; and,

FIG. 37 is another perspective view of the front opening unified pod showing my new design.

The broken lines shown in the drawings are for the purpose of illustrating boundaries of the enlarged views of FIGS. 1 - 9 , and form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines surrounding by the broken boundary lines in FIG. 9 illustrate the environmental use and form no part of the claimed design.

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