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Combined hook and rail

Granted 9 May 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Umbra USA, Inc. · originally Umbra U.S.A., Inc.

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Inventors: Scot Laughton · Examiner: Holly Baynham · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application
100222
filed 8 Feb 1999
Publication
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US D424412
granted 9 May 2000

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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 combined hook and rail showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged elevational view with the opposite side being a mirror image;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the rail with the hooks detached from the rail;

FIG. 4 is a right end view of the rail of FIG. 3, the other end view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the rail of FIG. 3, the bottom view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a back view of the rail of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a front view of a first type of hook;

FIG. 8 is a right side view of the hook of FIG. 7, the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 9 is a back view of the hook of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a top view of the hook of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a bottom view of the hook of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a front view of a second type of hook;

FIG. 13 is a left side view, the right side view being a mirror image thereof of the hook of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a back view of the hook of FIG. 12; and

FIG. 15 is a top view of the hookk of FIG. 12; and,

FIG. 16 is a bottom view of the hook of FIG. 12.

The elements of the claimed design are shown detached in FIGS. 3-16 for clarity of illustration.

The rail is shown broken away in FIGS. 3, 5 and 6 for ease of illustration.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/372

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