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Hitch step

Granted 10 Mar 2015 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: GLAS USA LLC · originally TriMas Corporation

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Inventors: Derek Anderson · Examiner: Deanna L Pratt · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/448,486
filed 12 Mar 2013
Publication
Not published
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US D723984
granted 10 Mar 2015

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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 hitch step showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a first side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a second side view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a is a perspective view of the hitch step shown attached with a hitch receiver.

The broken lines in the drawings illustrate portions of the hitch step which form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/203

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728 days filing → grant
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Examiner
Deanna L Pratt
art unit 2913 · TC 2900
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D723984-SS110 Mar 201512 Mar 2013grantedHitch step
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-352197-SS20 Nov 20135 Sep 2013publishedHitch step
CACA-153007-SS13 Feb 20156 Sep 2013grantedHitch step

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