USPatent applicationPatented

Retaining mechanism

Granted 25 Nov 2003 · 1 office action

Current assignee: Uber Technologies Inc. · originally Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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Inventors: Mark A Smith · Examiner: Kay H. Chin · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application· this page
29/138,918
filed 21 Mar 2001
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Patent
US D482690
granted 25 Nov 2003

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Description

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›This application is related to co-owned and currently-filed…

This application is related to co-owned and currently-filed U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 09 / 814 , 349 , entitled “System and Method for Retaining a First Part Against a Second Part,” the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

FIG. 1is a front, right side and top perspective view of retaining mechanism showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear, left side and bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear, right side and top perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a front, right side and top perspective view thereof showing the design for a retaining mechanism being implemented in a media picker assembly. The broken line illustration of the media picker assembly is not part of the claimed design.

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D14/432D14/483

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