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Socket

Granted 26 Jul 2022 · 4 office actions

Assignee: Schneider Electric USA

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Inventors: Fuhua Shan, Jiayu Fu · Examiner: Mary Shannon Malley · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/703,901
filed 30 Aug 2019
Publication
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US D958753
granted 26 Jul 2022

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a first embodiment of the socket, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a back elevational view of the first embodiment thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a back perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 10 is a back elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a back perspective view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a front elevational view of a third embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 18 is a back elevational view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a back perspective view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a front elevational view of a fourth embodiment of the socket;

FIG. 26 is a back elevational view thereof;

FIG. 27 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 28 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 29 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 30 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 31 is a front perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 32 is a back perspective view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings are for the purposes of illustrating portions of the socket that form no part of the claimed design.

The masked areas adjacent to the broken lines in FIGS. 2, 8, 10, 16, 18, 24, 26 and 32 form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot broken lines define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part thereof.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/139.3

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Pendency
2.9 y
1,061 days filing → grant
Office actions
2
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Mary Shannon Malley
art unit 2919 · TC 2900
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