Pliers

- APEX BRANDS, INC.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pliers in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an isolated perspective view of a first half of the pliers of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 9 is an isolated perspective view of a second half of the pliers of FIG. 1.

The broken lines of the pliers in FIGS. 1-9 are illustrative of portions of the pliers that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a pliers, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
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D537307 February 27, 2007 Wang
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Other references
  • Office Action from related Australian Application No. 2019417576 dated Jul. 5, 2021.
  • Office Action from related Canadian Application No. 3125322 dated Aug. 19, 2021.
  • International Search Report and Written Opinion from International application No. PCT/US2019/067802 dated Apr. 1, 2020.
  • Office Action from Chinese Application No. 201980086813.8 dated Oct. 11, 2021.
Patent History
Patent number: D967684
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 20, 2019
Date of Patent: Oct 25, 2022
Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC. (Apex, NC)
Inventors: Zhihong Fu (Cary, NC), Eric Van Fossen (Huntersville, NC)
Primary Examiner: Deanna L Pratt
Application Number: 29/717,999
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D8/52