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Assignee: Caterpillar

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Inventors: Daniel Knobloch, Kevin Steiner, Gregory Kaufmann, Martin Tagore Joseph Xavier +4 · Examiner: Mark Goodwin · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/522,677
filed 1 Apr 2015
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US D769333
granted 18 Oct 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 track link showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 10 is another perspective view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 16 is a bottom view thereof.

The gray shading represents surface contour of the claimed design, not surface ornamentation or any particular color.

The dot-dash broken lines illustrate boundaries of the claimed design; the boundaries themselves form no part of the claimed design.

The uniform dashed broken lines illustrate structure or features that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/28

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JPJP-1562470-SS7 Nov 201630 Sep 2015grantedno title held
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