Boat cleat

- Attwood Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a boat cleat, taken from an interior side thereof, showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view, taken from an exterior side thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view shown on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view shown on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view shown on an enlarged scale, taken from the interior side thereof;

FIG. 6 is side elevational view shown on an enlarged scale; taken from the exterior side thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is an end elevational view shown on an enlarged scale thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D432395
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 9, 2000
Date of Patent: Oct 24, 2000
Assignee: Attwood Corporation (Lowell, MI)
Inventor: Warwick M. Whitley (Burnet, TX)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Reid Hecker
Law Firm: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, DeWitt & Litton
Application Number: 0/118,473
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/8356
International Classification: 0808;