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Toilet seat hinge

Granted 11 Nov 2003 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing

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Inventors: Randy K. Hulsebus · Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/138,892
filed 21 Mar 2001
Publication
Not published
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US D481924
granted 11 Nov 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is top plan view of the…

FIG. 1 is top plan view of the toilet seat hinge embodying my new design, with portions shown in dotted lines; and

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of an alternative embodiment of my design, with portions shown in dotted lines.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the toilet seat hinge of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the toilet seat hinge of FIG. 1.

The portions of the hinge shown in broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/326

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Pendency
2.6 y
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1
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2
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Examiner
Louis S. Zarfas
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