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Hearing protector

Granted 13 Sep 2016 · no office action yet

Inventors: Douglas D. Fletcher, Brenda M. Bonney, Kelly R. Potter, Gregory G. Jager +5 · Examiner: Elizabeth J Oswecki · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application

29/521,338

filed 23 Mar 2015

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US D766520

granted 13 Sep 2016

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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 hearing protector showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof, a rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof, a left side view being a mirror image thereof.

The portions of the hearing protector in FIGS. 1-5 shown in broken lines are included to show features that form no part of the claimed design.

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1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a hearing protector, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D29/112

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Elizabeth J Oswecki

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D766520-S	S1	13 Sep 2016	23 Mar 2015	granted	Hearing protector

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-365382-S	S	20 Nov 2015	18 Sep 2015	published	Hearing protector
TW	TW-D178364-S	S	21 Sep 2016	22 Sep 2015	published	Portion of a hearing protector

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