Filter cap

Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a first embodiment of a filter cap design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view thereof, with the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of a filter cap design;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a top plan view of a third embodiment of a filter cap design;

FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 16 is a side elevational view thereof, with the opposite side being a mirror image thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D394697
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 9, 1996
Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
Assignee: United States Filter Corporation (Palm Desert, CA)
Inventor: Li-Shiang Liang (Harvard, MA)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Robin V. Taylor
Law Firm: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Application Number: 0/50,144
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Filter Or Strainer (2) (D23/209)
International Classification: 2301;