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Ball

Granted 25 Dec 2012 · no office action yet

Application
29/390,673
filed 28 Apr 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D673231
granted 25 Dec 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the ball;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the ball of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a rear view the ball of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of ball of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the ball of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the ball of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the ball of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating surface details that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D21/714

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