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Buckle

Granted 28 Nov 2000 · no office action yet

Assignee: Nifco Inc.

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Inventors: Mikio Nezu · Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas · AU 294 · TC 2900

Application
111640
filed 4 Oct 1999
Publication
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US D434344
granted 28 Nov 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a buckle showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being symmetrical to the right side view;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view of a female member of the buckle shown separately for convenience of illustration;

FIG. 7 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the male member of the buckle shown separately for convenience of illustration;

FIG. 10 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 11 is a cross sectional view taken along line 11--11 in FIG. 1.

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D11/216D11/200

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