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Rail guide

Granted 27 Dec 2016 · no office action yet

Assignee: Caterpillar

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Inventors: Roger Recker, Jennifer Brooks · Examiner: Mark Goodwin · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/536,151
filed 13 Aug 2015
Publication
Not published
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US D775239
granted 27 Dec 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a rail guide showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear 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; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof.

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

The drawings include surface shading, which represents contour and not surface ornamentation.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/28

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Pendency
1.4 y
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Examiner
Mark Goodwin
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USthis patentUS-D775239-SS127 Dec 201613 Aug 2015grantedRail guide
USUS-D804538-SS15 Dec 201731 Oct 2016grantedRail guide
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-367013-SS10 Feb 201628 Jan 2016publishedRail guide
CACA-166457-SS13 Sep 201622 Jan 2016grantedRail guide for mobile earthmoving machine

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