Vent cap

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Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a first embodiment of a vent cap design of the present invention:

FIG. 2 is a side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a further side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a further side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a further side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the vent cap design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the vent cap design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an isometric view of a second embodiment of a vent cap design of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a further side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a further side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a further side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a top view of the vent cap design of FIG. 8;

FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the vent cap design of FIG. 8;

FIG. 15 is an isometric view of a third embodiment of a vent cap design of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a further side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 15;

FIG. 18 is a further side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 15;

FIG. 19 is a further side perspective view of the vent cap design of FIG. 15;

FIG. 20 is a top view of the vent cap design of FIG. 15; and,

FIG. 21 is a bottom view of the vent cap design of FIG. 15.

Broken lines in the Figures form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

What is claimed is a design of a vent cap, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D749197
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 24, 2014
Date of Patent: Feb 9, 2016
Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH
Inventors: Henning von Lepel (Bad Tölz), Benjamin Drieske (Unterhaching), Günter Treffert (Grafing), Mike Seybei (München)
Primary Examiner: John Windmuller
Assistant Examiner: Steven Czyz
Application Number: 29/482,919
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