Retaining mechanism

- Hewlett Packard
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Description

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.

Claims

The ornamental design for a retaining mechanism, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
6160786 December 12, 2000 Coffin et al.
20020136101 September 26, 2002 Smith
Patent History
Patent number: D482690
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 21, 2001
Date of Patent: Nov 25, 2003
Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX)
Inventor: Mark A Smith (Road Holdrege, NE)
Primary Examiner: Kay H. Chin
Application Number: 29/138,918
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (D14/432); Element Or Attachment (D14/483)
International Classification: 1402;