Tube coupler

Info

Patent number: D296816
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 2, 1985
Date of Patent: Jul 19, 1988
Assignee: Brass-Craft Manufacturing Company (Southfield, MI)
Inventors: Walter J. Budzinski (Sterling Heights, MI), Manfred K. Kuttruff (Sterling Heights, MI), Leo S. Stanish (Grosse Pointe Woods, MI), Larry G. Turner (Clarkston, MI)
Primary Examiner: James R. Largen
Attorneys: Steven L. Permut, Malcolm L. Sutherland
Application Number: 6/783,206

Description

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view taken from the top, one side and one end of a tube coupler showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is an elevational view taken at a 45.degree. angle from the top shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side being a mirror image of the side shown;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is an elevational view taken 180.degree. from the view shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view taken from the top, one side and one end of a modified form of the tube coupler shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a side elevational view of FIG. 7, the opposite side being the same as the side shown;

FIG. 10 is an end elevational view of FIG. 7, the opposite end being the same as the end shown;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view taken from the top, one side and one end of a second modified form of the tube coupler shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of FIG. 12, the bottom being the same as the top shown;

FIG. 14 is a side elevational view of FIG. 12, the opposite side being the same as the side shown; and,

FIG. 15 is an end elevational view of FIG. 12, the opposite end being the same as the end shown.