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Pipe fitting

Granted 30 Jun 2015 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP(Johnson Controls) · originally Johnson Controls

Inventors: Robert R. Smith, Donald Eugene Griggs, III, Larry E. Hall, Anthony Gary Bednarz · Examiner: Eric Goodman · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application

29/434,520

filed 12 Oct 2012

Publication

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US D733266

granted 30 Jun 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top perspective view showing…

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view showing a pipe fitting in accordance with a first embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view showing a pipe fitting of the first embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 3 is an end view of the first embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 4 is an end view of the first embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 5 is a top view of the first embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 6 is a top view of the first embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 7 is a right side view of the first embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 8 is a left side view of the first embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 9 is a top perspective view of the second embodiment of our new design.

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

FIG. 11 is an end view of the second embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 12 is a top view of the second embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 13 is a top view of the second embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 14 is an end view of the second embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 15 is a side view of the second embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 16 is a side view of the second embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 17 is a top perspective view of the third embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 18 is an end view of the third embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 19 is an end view of the third embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 20 is an end view of the third embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 21 is a top view of the third embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 22 is an end view of the third embodiment of our new design.

FIG. 23 is a side view of the third embodiment of our new design; and,

FIG. 24 is a side view of the third embodiment of our new design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a pipe fitting, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D23/263

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Examiner

Eric Goodman

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D733266-S	S1	30 Jun 2015	12 Oct 2012	granted	Pipe fitting
US	US-D776797-S	S1	17 Jan 2017	29 Jun 2015	granted	Pipe fitting

›Other offices — 6 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-349735-S	S	11 Jul 2013	12 Apr 2013	published	Pipe fitting
TW	TW-D163194-S	S	21 Sep 2014	12 Apr 2013	published	Pipe fitting
TW	TW-D166168-S	S	21 Feb 2015	12 Apr 2013	published	Pipe fitting
TW	TW-D166169-S	S	21 Feb 2015	12 Apr 2013	published	Pipe fitting
TW	TW-D166170-S	S	21 Feb 2015	12 Apr 2013	published	Pipe fitting
TW	TW-D166173-S	S	21 Feb 2015	12 Apr 2013	published	Pipe fitting

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