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Hinge

Granted 10 Mar 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd. · originally SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.

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Inventors: Manabu Hasegawa, Yukihiko Ogawa, Naoya Iwata · Examiner: Michelle E. Wilson · AU 2924 · TC 2900

Application
29/950,483
filed 3 Jul 2024
Publication
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US D1116716
granted 10 Mar 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 shows a front view of a…

FIG. 1 shows a front view of a hinge showing our new design;

FIG. 2 shows a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 shows a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 shows a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 shows a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 shows a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 shows a top, front and right side perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 shows a bottom, rear and left side perspective view thereof.

The broken lines showing of the hinge in FIGS. 1 - 8 are for the purpose of illustrating the portions of the hinge and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/323

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Examiner
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