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Hinged coupling

Granted 15 Oct 2019 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Victaulic Company

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Inventors: Kathryn E. Yovanovich, Alan M. Yesavage, Philip Wayne Bancroft, Matthew A. Bowman +2 · Examiner: John Windmuller · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/678,090
filed 25 Jan 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D863051
granted 15 Oct 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an isometric view of our…

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of our design for a hinged coupling;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the design of the hinged coupling shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the design of the hinged coupling shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the design of the hinged coupling shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the design of the hinged coupling shown in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the design of the hinged coupling shown in FIG. 1 , the right side view being a mirror image thereof.

The broken lines depict portions of the hinged coupling that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/394D23/262

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Pendency
0.7 y
263 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
non-final + final
Responses
1
no RCE
Examiner
John Windmuller
art unit 2919 · TC 2900
Citations: 55 back · 0 forward

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›IP5 & PCT — 5 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D813657-SS127 Mar 201824 Oct 2016grantedHinged coupling
USUS-D858266-SS13 Sep 201930 Oct 2017grantedHinged coupling
USthis patentUS-D863051-SS115 Oct 201925 Jan 2019grantedHinged coupling
JPJP-1587184-SS2 Oct 201711 Apr 2017grantedno title held
JPJP-1587185-SS2 Oct 201711 Apr 2017grantedno title held
›Other offices — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-201711638-SS6 Apr 201721 Mar 2017publishedHinged coupling
AUAU-201711642-SS6 Apr 201721 Mar 2017publishedHinged coupling
CACA-173999-SS16 Aug 20184 Apr 2017grantedHinged coupling
CACA-179080-SS16 Aug 20184 Apr 2017grantedHinged coupling
TWTW-D188717-SS21 Feb 201830 Mar 2017publishedHinged coupling
TWTW-D190397-SS11 May 201830 Mar 2017publishedHinged coupling

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