Threshold cap Patent Grant Jaskiewicz , et al. September 12, 2 [Endura Products, Inc.]

Threshold cap

Jaskiewicz , et al. September 12, 2

Patent Grant D797309

U.S. patent number D797,309 [Application Number D/557,877] was granted by the patent office on 2017-09-12 for threshold cap. This patent grant is currently assigned to Endura Products, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Endura Products, Inc.. Invention is credited to Tomasz Jaskiewicz, Michael K. Mitchell.

United States Patent	D797,309
Jaskiewicz , et al.	September 12, 2017

Threshold cap

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a threshold cap, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Jaskiewicz; Tomasz (Winston-Salem, NC), Mitchell; Michael K. (Winston-Salem, NC)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Endura Products, Inc.	Colfax	NC	US

Assignee:

Endura Products, Inc. (Colfax, NC)

Appl. No.:

D/557,877

Filed:

March 14, 2016

Current U.S. Class:	D25/48.2
Current International Class:	2501
Field of Search:	;D25/48.2,119,124,125 ;49/467-470,472-474,475.1,482.1,499.1 ;52/204.1,205,210,293.3,741.4

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Primary Examiner: Hattan; Susan Bennett
Assistant Examiner: Was-Englehart; Leanne
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP

Description

FIG. 1 is an end view of our new design;

FIG. 2 is an end perspective of our new design;

FIG. 3 is an end view of our new design shown in a first position relative to environmental elements; and,

FIG. 4 is an end view of our new design shown in a second position relative to environmental elements.

The views not shown form no part of the claimed design. The dash-dot lines in FIGS. 1-4 represent unclaimed boundaries of the present design. The dash-dash lines in FIGS. 1-4 represent environmental elements only and form no part of the claimed design.

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