Female hose coupling
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The broken lines in the figures are included for the purpose of illustrating environment and form no part of the claimed design.
Two embodiments of the female hose coupling design are illustrated. In each embodiment, the aspects illustrated by
Claims
A female hose coupling, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 12, 2013
Date of Patent: Sep 8, 2015
Assignee: Teknor Apex Company (Pawtucket, RI)
Inventors: Michael Melo (Pawtucket, RI), Mark Buchan (Pawtucket, RI), David Vaz (Pawtucket, RI)
Primary Examiner: John Windmuller
Assistant Examiner: Luqman McNeil
Application Number: 29/472,364