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Winch

Granted 21 Feb 2017 · no office action yet

Current assignee: WARN Industries · originally LKQ Corporation

Inventors: Bryan M. Averill, Steven W. Shuyler, Kyle A. Hartelt, Darren G. Fretz +2 · Examiner: Cynthia Ramirez · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/562,947

filed 29 Apr 2016

Publication

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US D779768

granted 21 Feb 2017

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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 winch showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof.

The bottom and rear of the winch are not considered to be ornamental and are not part of the claimed design.

The broken lines shown in the figures are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the winch and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

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

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D34/33

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Examiner

Cynthia Ramirez

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9 members · 4 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D703414-S	S1	22 Apr 2014	29 Jun 2012	granted	Winch
US	US-D740513-S	S1	6 Oct 2015	26 Feb 2014	granted	Winch
US	US-D776395-S	S1	10 Jan 2017	10 Sep 2015	granted	Winch
USthis patent	US-D779768-S	S1	21 Feb 2017	29 Apr 2016	granted	Winch
US	US-D816937-S	S1	1 May 2018	23 Jan 2017	granted	Winch
US	US-D816938-S	S1	1 May 2018	1 Sep 2017	granted	Winch

›Other offices — 3 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-346175-S	S	7 Jan 2013	28 Nov 2012	published	Winch
BR	BR-302012006113-S1	S1	3 Jun 2014	29 Nov 2012	published	Configuração aplicada em dispositivo de traçãopt
CA	CA-148588-S	S	3 Feb 2014	15 Nov 2012	granted	Winch

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