Valve

- Gehl Foods, LLC
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, rear, left perspective view of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom, front, right perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

In the drawings, the broken line showing portions of the valve depicts environment and forms no part of the claim.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a valve, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D798106
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 28, 2015
Date of Patent: Sep 26, 2017
Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLC (Germantown, WI)
Inventors: Michael Sowieja (Richfield, WI), Thomas Mitchell (Chicago, IL), Anders Olof Rostlund (Chicago, IL)
Primary Examiner: Robert M Spear
Assistant Examiner: Darcey E Heflin
Application Number: 29/537,871
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/398; D9/449