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 rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front 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.

The ornamental design which is claimed is shown in solid lines in the drawings. The broken lines in the drawings form no part of the claimed design. Broken lines formed by equal length dashes show unclaimed subject matter.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D944054
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 12, 2018
Date of Patent: Feb 22, 2022
Assignee: Gehl Foods, LLC (Germantown, WI)
Inventors: Michael Sowieja (Richfield, WI), Thomas Mitchell (Chicago, IL), Anders Olof Rostlund (Chicago, IL)
Primary Examiner: Marissa J Cash
Application Number: 29/666,495
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D7/398