USPatent applicationPatented

Kerrison rod reducer

Granted 14 Nov 2023 · 1 office action

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29/684,449
filed 21 Mar 2019
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Patent
US D1004774
granted 14 Nov 2023

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Description

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›This application is related to commonly owned U.S…

This application is related to commonly owned U.S. Utility patent application Ser. Nos. 16/360,193 (now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 11,291,481) and 16/360,199 (now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 11,291,482), both concurrently filed on Mar. 21, 2019 and entitled “ROD REDUCERS AND RELATED METHODS.” The entire contents of these applications are incorporated herein by reference.

FIG. 1 is a front left perspective view of a Kerrison rod reducer;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is an exploded front perspective view of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a bottom perspective view of a rod reducing portion of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 10 is a top perspective view of a gripping portion of the Kerrison rod reducer of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the Kerrison rod reducer and form no part of the claimed design.

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D24/143

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