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Two-piece connector for flat blade

Granted 10 Apr 2007 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc. · originally Tenneco Inc.

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Inventors: James Lynn Lytle, Scott Allen Koppen, Richard A. Herring · Examiner: Stacia Cadmus · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/249,129
filed 22 Sep 2006
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US D540243
granted 10 Apr 2007

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a two-piece connector for flat blade according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the two-piece connector for flat blade;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the two-piece connector for flat blade;

FIG. 4 is a front end view of the two-piece connector for flat blade;

FIG. 5 is a rear end view of the two-piece connector for flat blade;

FIG. 6 is a top end view of the two-piece connector for flat blade;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the two-piece connector for flat blade; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom perspective view of the two-piece connector for flat blade.

The ornamental design which is claimed is shown in solid lines in the drawings. Any broken lines in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

The two-piece connector for flat blade is shown on an enlarged scale in FIGS. 2-7.

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CACA-120016-SS14 Jul 200822 Mar 2007grantedCentral connection device for a windshield wiper

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