Releasable biased latch device for a tow bar

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective top, side and end view of a releasable biased latch device for a tow bar showing our new design; the broken lines in the various FIGURES depict environmental structure for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof showing the latch device in a latched configuration, the elevational view of the opposing side being identical thereto;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view showing the latch device in a released configuration;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is an end elevational view thereof showing the latch device in the latched configuration, the elevational view of the opposing end being identical thereto;

FIG. 7 is an end elevational view showing the latch device in the released configuration; and,

FIG. 8 is a reduced side elevational view showing the releasable biased latch device in use.

The broken line showing of details in FIGS. 1–8 is included for the purpose of showing environmental portions of the releasable biased latch for a tow bar and forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a releasable biased latch device for a tow bar, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
4376544 March 15, 1983 Sette et al.
5735539 April 7, 1998 Kravitz
5941550 August 24, 1999 Szczypski
6598432 July 29, 2003 Dwyer
6834879 December 28, 2004 Lorman
Patent History
Patent number: D612773
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 15, 2009
Date of Patent: Mar 30, 2010
Assignee: Automatic Equipment Manufacturing Company (Pender, NE)
Inventors: David Merchant (Lincoln, NE), Steven Goodman (Pender, NE), James Huston (Yankton, SD), Les Roeber (Emerson, NE)
Primary Examiner: T. Chase Nelson
Assistant Examiner: Kathleen M Sims
Attorney: Donald R. Schoonover
Application Number: 29/314,632
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