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Expandable sealing mechanism

Granted 5 Apr 2016 · no office action yet

Application
29/478,201
filed 2 Jan 2014
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Not published
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US D752968
granted 5 Apr 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an expandable sealing mechanism;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a side elevation view thereof, it being understood that left and right sides views of the expandable sealing mechanism are identical;

FIG. 6 is a bottom perspective, exploded view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a side elevation, cross-sectional view taken along line 7 - 7 as shown in of FIG. 5 .

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/396

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USthis patentUS-D752968-SS15 Apr 20162 Jan 2014grantedExpandable sealing mechanism
USUS-D813661-SS127 Mar 201815 Oct 2015grantedExpandable sealing mechanism
USUS-D814285-SS13 Apr 201815 Oct 2015grantedExpandable sealing mechanism
›Other offices — 3 members
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CACA-154637-SS18 Apr 20169 Jan 2014grantedExpansion band sealing assembly
CACA-160974-SS18 Apr 20169 Jan 2014grantedExpansion band
CACA-160975-SS18 Apr 20169 Jan 2014grantedExpansion band

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