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Panel fastener

Granted 11 Mar 1997 · no office action yet

Assignee: Nifco Inc.

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Inventors: Kazuo Saito, Masaharu Shibao · Examiner: Paula A. Mortimer · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 7 Aug 1995
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US D378349
granted 11 Mar 1997

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top and right front…

FIG. 1 is a top and right front perspective view of a panel fastener, showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view thereof, taken along line 6--6 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view thereof, taken along line 7--7 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view thereof, taken along line 8--8 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view thereof, taken along line 9--9 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view thereof, taken along line 10--10 in FIG. 3; and,

FIG. 11 is a front elevational view thereof in the state of use.

The rear elevational view and the left side elevational view appear to be identical with the front elevational view and the right side elevational view, respectively.

The broken line showing of the panels in FIG. 11 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D08/382

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