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Circlip pliers

Granted 13 Jan 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Apex Brands, Inc. · originally Apex Brands

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Inventors: Kyle Romanick, Jesse Ryan Higgins, Eric Van Fossen, Zhihong Fu · Examiner: Deanna L Pratt · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/967,435
filed 10 Oct 2024
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US D1108907
granted 13 Jan 2026

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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 circlip pliers in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the circlip pliers of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the circlip pliers of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the circlip pliers of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the circlip pliers of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the circlip pliers of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the circlip pliers of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a close up perspective view of the circlip pliers taken from FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 9 is a close up left side view of the circlip pliers taken from FIG. 2 .

The broken lines shown in the drawings illustrate portions of the circlip pliers that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/52

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