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Trailer hitch ball

Granted 12 Jun 2001 · no office action yet

Assignee: Wendell W Weir

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Inventors: Wendell W Weir, Richard Kryfka · Examiner: Stacia Cadmus · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
132885
filed 17 Nov 2000
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US D443567
granted 12 Jun 2001

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Description

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

FIG. 1 is a top, rear perspective view of the trailer hitch ball of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of the trailer hitch ball of FIG. 1, the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged left side elevational view of the trailer hitch ball of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged right side elevational view of the trailer hitch ball of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged top plan view of the trailer hitch ball of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the trailer hitch ball of FIG. 1.

The broken line showing of environment is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/162

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