U.S. patent number D896,156 [Application Number D/687,795] was granted by the patent office on 2020-09-15 for coupler for windshield wiper. This patent grant is currently assigned to TRICO PRODUCTS CORPORATION. The grantee listed for this patent is TRICO PRODUCTS CORPORATION. Invention is credited to David Boll, Dan Ehde, Robert Soreo, Nicholas E. Stanca, R. Kenneth Thorstenson, IV, Lindsey Tufts, Jr..
United States Patent | D896,156 |
Tufts, Jr. , et al. | September 15, 2020 |
Inventors: | Tufts, Jr.; Lindsey (Kent, OH), Boll; David (Avon, OH), Stanca; Nicholas E. (Westlake, OH), Soreo; Robert (Cleveland Heights, OH), Thorstenson, IV; R. Kenneth (Shelby Township, MI), Ehde; Dan (Ortonville, MI) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | TRICO PRODUCTS CORPORATION
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Appl. No.: | D/687,795 | ||||||||||
Filed: | April 16, 2019 |
Current U.S. Class: | D12/220; D12/219 |
Current International Class: | 1216 |
Field of Search: | ;D12/219-220,400 ;15/250.001,246,247,250.4,250.361,250.19,250.48,250.03,250.04,250.31-250.33,250.351,250.38,250.201,250.451,250.458,250.07,250.44 |
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