Hose connector

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top front left perspective view of a hose connector according to a first embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a top rear left perspective view of the design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the design of FIG. 1, the rear elevation view of the design of FIG. 1 being identical;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view of the design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevation view of the design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top front left perspective view of a hose connector according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a top rear left perspective view of the design of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a front elevation view of the design of FIG. 7, the rear elevation view of the design of FIG. 7 being identical;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view of the design of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view of the design of FIG. 7; and,

FIG. 12 is a left side elevation view of the design of FIG. 7.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures represent a boundary between claimed and unclaimed subject matter and form no part of the claimed design.

The dash-dash broken lines in the figures represent unclaimed subject matter and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a hose connector, as shown and described.

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  • Somnetics Transcend 6 Foot Customer Hose for Transcend Micro CPAP Machines, available in gocpap.com, announced Sep. 27, 2022 [online], [site visited Jul. 17, 2023], Internet URL: https://www.gocpap.com/transcend-6-foot-customer-hose-for-transcend-micro-cpap-machines/ (Year: 2022).
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Patent History
Patent number: D1034924
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 7, 2021
Date of Patent: Jul 9, 2024
Assignee: SOMNETICS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Fridley, MN)
Inventors: Paul R. Williams, Jr. (Cottage Grove, MN), Robert E. Simon (Plymouth, MN), Andrew J. Carlson (Hopkins, MN)
Primary Examiner: Dana K Weiland
Assistant Examiner: Kathryn Elizabeth Zieno
Application Number: 29/810,726
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Coupling Or Joint (D23/262)