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Granted 15 Jul 2008 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Tela Innovations, Inc. · originally RPX Corporation

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Inventors: Simon Walker, Jianzhong Zhu · Examiner: Holly H. Baynham · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/279,918
filed 10 May 2007
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US D572986
granted 15 Jul 2008

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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 the design;

FIG. 2 is a front side view of the first embodiment of the design;

FIG. 3 is a rear side view of the first embodiment of the design;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the first embodiment of the design;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the first embodiment of the design;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the first embodiment of the design;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the first embodiment of the design;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the first embodiment of the design;

FIG. 9 is a top view of a second embodiment of the design; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the second embodiment of the design.

The front, rear, left, right and perspective views of the second embodiment are not shown, however the second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except that the blade portion is rotated by 45° with respect to the socket portion of the design. This difference between embodiments is clearly shown in a comparison of bottom views, namely FIGS. 8 and 10 .

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/1

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