Meter socket

Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a meter socket of the present invention in one embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a right-side view of the meter socket of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a left-side view of the meter socket of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the meter socket of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the meter socket of FIG. 1.

In FIGS. 1 through 5, contours are shown with thin grey lines. Structure that is not part of the claimed design, but shows the environment in which the design is associated, is represented in the drawings by broken lines.

Claims

The ornamental design of a meter socket, as shown in the figures and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
3158679 November 1964 Ware
3361938 January 1968 Watson
3502785 March 1970 Nickola
3524477 August 1970 Steger
3614538 October 1971 Nickola
3691288 September 1972 Sturdivan
3868080 February 1975 Olson
3879641 April 1975 Byrd
3936589 February 3, 1976 Teeters
3996415 December 7, 1976 Provorse
RE31359 August 23, 1983 Nickola
4723580 February 9, 1988 Trautwein
4864467 September 5, 1989 Byrd
4887187 December 12, 1989 Nickola
4977482 December 11, 1990 Langdon
5304736 April 19, 1994 Halfacre
5377074 December 27, 1994 Byrd
5400212 March 21, 1995 Hanson
5523529 June 4, 1996 Holliday
5614695 March 25, 1997 Benito Navazo
5804769 September 8, 1998 Morena
5973264 October 26, 1999 O'Connor
6180878 January 30, 2001 Gretz
6247500 June 19, 2001 McMahon
6274814 August 14, 2001 Iavarone
6323421 November 27, 2001 Pawson et al.
6437247 August 20, 2002 Holliday
6646203 November 11, 2003 Liao
7085128 August 1, 2006 Wilfong
7385148 June 10, 2008 Picard
7819676 October 26, 2010 Cardoso et al.
D642083 July 26, 2011 Blanc
D703562 April 29, 2014 Lalancette
9124078 September 1, 2015 Zhang
9146258 September 29, 2015 Rudaitis
20130279086 October 24, 2013 Lalancette
Foreign Patent Documents
2062256 March 1992 CA
2311518 June 1999 CA
2270761 November 1999 CA
2074971 July 2002 CA
2436283 February 2004 CA
101947 July 2004 CA
101986 July 2004 CA
2556355 September 2005 CA
107079 December 2005 CA
136298 February 2011 CA
136299 February 2011 CA
Other references
  • Non-Final Office Action issued in co-pending Canadian Patent Application No. 2,811,751 on Jul. 25, 2014.
Patent History
Patent number: D761678
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 4, 2015
Date of Patent: Jul 19, 2016
Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc. (DE)
Inventors: Daniel D. Cardin (Sainte-Julie), Marie-Ève Bernard (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Benoît Orban (Saint-Lambert), Patrick Mainville (Montréal), Daniel Lalancette (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
Primary Examiner: Antoine D Davis
Application Number: 29/535,173
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Electric (D10/100)