Valve cover

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Description

U.S. application Ser. No. 29/577,873 filed on Sep. 16, 2016, entitled “Valve Cover,” is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

FIG. 1 is a right top perspective view of a valve cover in accordance with our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof, the right side elevation view is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left bottom perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right top perspective view thereof and shown attached to a base; and,

FIG. 9 is a right top perspective view of FIG. 8 and shown attached to a respirator.

The diagonal surface shading lines indicate that the surface of the valve cover is either transparent or translucent as further described herein.

The claimed gray surfaces of the valve cover are translucent. The remaining claimed surfaces, other than the claimed gray surfaces, of the valve cover are transparent.

An exterior surface that extends from the top front to the top rear is shown in broken lines and forms no part of the claimed design. An interior surface that extends from the bottom front to the bottom rear forms part of the claimed design, including a diamond pattern rendered in solid lines, and is seen through the exterior surface because the exterior surface is either translucent or transparent.

The dot-dash broken lines in the figures immediately adjacent the solid lines represent a boundary between claimed and unclaimed subject matter and form no part of the claimed design.

The dash-dash broken lines showing the base in FIGS. 8-9 and the respirator in FIG. 9 depict environment and form no part of the claimed design. All other dash-dash broken lines depict portions of the valve cover that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a valve cover, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D900306
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 16, 2016
Date of Patent: Oct 27, 2020
Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN)
Inventors: Philip D. Eitzman (Lake Elmo, MN), Thomas J. Xue (Woodbury, MN)
Primary Examiner: Lilyana Bekic
Application Number: 29/577,888