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Pipe coupling

Granted 4 Jul 2006 · no office action yet

Assignee: Victaulic Company

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Inventors: Anthony J. Cuvo, Jianyong Sun, Charles E. Wilk, Jr. · Examiner: Robin Webster · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/234,650
filed 21 Jul 2005
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US D524427
granted 4 Jul 2006

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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 first embodiment of our design for a pipe coupling;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the pipe coupling shown in FIG. 1, the opposite side, the top and bottom views being identical thereto;

FIG. 3 is an end view of the pipe coupling shown in FIG. 1, the opposite end view being identical;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of our design for a pipe coupling;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the pipe coupling shown in FIG. 4, the opposite side, the top and bottom views being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 6 is an end view of the pipe coupling shown in FIG. 4, the opposite end view being identical.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 4 and 6 are shown for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/262

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USUS-D517665-SS121 Mar 200620 Aug 2004grantedPipe coupling
USthis patentUS-D524427-SS14 Jul 200621 Jul 2005grantedPipe coupling
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CACA-110100-SS6 Mar 200716 Feb 2005grantedPipe coupling
CACA-119581-SS6 Mar 200716 Feb 2005grantedPipe coupling
CACA-119582-SS6 Mar 200716 Feb 2005grantedPipe coupling
CACA-119583-SS6 Mar 200716 Feb 2005grantedPipe coupling

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