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Flashlight

Granted 24 Feb 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Coast Cutlery Co. · originally COAST CUTLERY CO.

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Inventors: Douglas R. Hutchens, Todd Ernst, Mitchell A. Hose · Examiner: William B Melliar · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/964,152
filed 20 Sep 2024
Publication
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US D1115119
granted 24 Feb 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, top perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a front, top perspective view of a flashlight, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front, bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear, top perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof.

The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded surfaces depict the bounds of the claimed design, whereas all remaining broken lines depict portions of the flashlight, all of which form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D26/37

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Examiner
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