Earplug

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an earplug, showing our design.

FIG. 2 is a left-side view of the earplug thereof, where the right-side, front-side and back-side views all are similar thereto.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the earplug thereof.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the earplug thereof.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the earplug, showing an alternate design thereof.

FIG. 6 is a left-side view of the earplug thereof, where the right-side, front-side and back-side views all are similar thereto.

FIG. 7 is a top view of the earplug thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the earplug thereof.

The long-short-short-long dashes immediately adjacent to the stippling areas represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines represent environmental structure and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the clamed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for an earplug, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D654582
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 30, 2008
Date of Patent: Feb 21, 2012
Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. (Neenah, WI)
Inventors: Steven Craig Gehling (Cumming, GA), Waihong Leong (Roswell, GA)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Attorney: Nancy M. Klembus
Application Number: 29/312,094
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Ear Plug Or Nose Clip (D24/106)