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Cap for a writing instrument

Granted 23 Jun 2009 · no office action yet

Assignee: KOTOBUKI & CO., LTD.

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Inventors: Tadashi Keda · Examiner: Elizabeth A Albert · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/260,781
filed 1 Jun 2006
Publication
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US D594902
granted 23 Jun 2009

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a cap for a writing instrument according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view of the cap for a writing instrument of FIG. 1 , the left side view being a mirror image of the right side view;

FIG. 3 is a rear side elevational view of the cap for a writing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the cap for a writing instrument of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the cap for a writing instrument of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view of the cap for a writing instrument of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines in FIGS. 4–6 , which define the bounds of the claimed design, form no part thereof.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D19/57

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