Pulling eye Patent Grant Daniel , et al. July 16, 2 [Andrea; Timothy M.]

Pulling eye

Daniel , et al. July 16, 2

Patent Grant D686061

U.S. patent number D686,061 [Application Number D/384,954] was granted by the patent office on 2013-07-16 for pulling eye. This patent grant is currently assigned to Southwire Company. The grantee listed for this patent is Timothy M. Andrea, Allan Wayne Daniel. Invention is credited to Timothy M. Andrea, Allan Wayne Daniel.

United States Patent	D686,061
Daniel , et al.	July 16, 2013

Pulling eye

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a pulling eye, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Daniel; Allan Wayne (Woodland, AL), Andrea; Timothy M. (Douglasville, GA)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Daniel; Allan Wayne Andrea; Timothy M.	Woodland Douglasville	AL GA	US US

Assignee:

Southwire Company (Carrollton, GA)

Appl. No.:

D/384,954

Filed:

February 7, 2011

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29368014	Aug 17, 2010	D632165
29340662	Jul 23, 2009	D630501

Current U.S. Class:	D8/382
Current International Class:	0808
Field of Search:	;D8/383,367,356,349,382 ;24/115A,122.6 ;254/134.3R ;403/275,379.5,165,2

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Primary Examiner: Lane; Sheryl
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Hartman & Citrin LLC

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pulling eye;

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the pulling eye;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the pulling eye;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the pulling eye;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the pulling eye;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the pulling eye showing a first alternative for connecting the head portion of the pulling eye to a barrel portion of the pulling eye; and,

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the pulling eye showing a second alternative for connecting the head portion of the pulling eye to the barrel portion of the pulling eye.

The broken line showing of the pulling eye is included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the article and forms no part of the claimed invention.

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