Mechanical closure element Patent Grant Gilbert , et al. August 8, 2 [Biegler; Kristopher K.]

Mechanical closure element

Gilbert , et al. August 8, 2

Patent Grant D794181

U.S. patent number D794,181 [Application Number D/429,801] was granted by the patent office on 2017-08-08 for mechanical closure element. This patent grant is currently assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company. The grantee listed for this patent is Kristopher K. Biegler, Thomas J. Gilbert, Volker Hauschildt, Mark A. Peltier, William C. Unruh, Andreas Urban, Leigh E. Wood. Invention is credited to Kristopher K. Biegler, Thomas J. Gilbert, Volker Hauschildt, Mark A. Peltier, William C. Unruh, Andreas Urban, Leigh E. Wood.

United States Patent	D794,181
Gilbert , et al.	August 8, 2017

Mechanical closure element

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a mechanical closure element, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Gilbert; Thomas J. (St. Paul, MN), Wood; Leigh E. (Woodbury, MN), Hauschildt; Volker (Hilden, DE), Urban; Andreas (Cologne, DE), Peltier; Mark A. (Forest Lake, MN), Unruh; William C. (Inver Grove Heights, MN), Biegler; Kristopher K. (Minneapolis, MN)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Gilbert; Thomas J. Wood; Leigh E. Hauschildt; Volker Urban; Andreas Peltier; Mark A. Unruh; William C. Biegler; Kristopher K.	St. Paul Woodbury Hilden Cologne Forest Lake Inver Grove Heights Minneapolis	MN MN N/A N/A MN MN MN	US US DE DE US US US

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, MN)

Appl. No.:

D/429,801

Filed:

August 16, 2012

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
13028912	Feb 16, 2011	9138031
13529517	Jun 21, 2012

Current U.S. Class:	D24/126
Current International Class:	2404
Field of Search:	;D24/124-126 ;604/358,387,389,390,391 ;D9/434,435 ;D20/22-27 ;24/442-452

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Primary Examiner: Pratt; Michael A.
Assistant Examiner: Wilson; Michelle E

Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a mechanical closure element, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof, the top view being a mirror image of the top view shown; and,

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image of the right side view.

In one embodiment, the top layer and bottom layer are different colors. In one embodiment, the top layer and bottom layer are different shades of a color. In some embodiments, one of the top or bottom layers is white.

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