U.S. patent number D949,979 [Application Number D/713,541] was granted by the patent office on 2022-04-26 for connector device for promoting building skills.
This patent grant is currently assigned to South Dakota Board of Regents. The grantee listed for this patent is South Dakota Board of Regents. Invention is credited to Kay Cutler, Elisabeth Gordon, Tyana Gottsleben, Angela Heinz, Barb Heller, Chris Hume, Todd Letcher, Roxanne Lucchesi, Angela McKillip, Craig Silvernagel, Maggie Smither, Nathan Stang, Abigail Vaz.
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United States Patent |
D949,979 |
McKillip , et al. |
April 26, 2022 |
Connector device for promoting building skills
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a connector device for promoting
building skills, as shown and described.
Inventors: |
McKillip; Angela (Nunda,
SD), Letcher; Todd (Brookings, SD), Lucchesi; Roxanne
(Brookings, SD), Silvernagel; Craig (Brookings, SD),
Heller; Barb (Brookings, SD), Cutler; Kay (White,
SD), Hume; Chris (Broomfield, CO), Vaz; Abigail
(Homer, AK), Smither; Maggie (Sioux Falls, SD), Gordon;
Elisabeth (Madison, SD), Stang; Nathan (Brookings,
SD), Heinz; Angela (Mina, SD), Gottsleben; Tyana
(Philip, SD) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
South Dakota Board of Regents |
Brookings |
SD |
US |
|
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Assignee: |
South Dakota Board of Regents
(Brookings, SD)
|
Appl.
No.: |
D/713,541 |
Filed: |
November 15, 2019 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
D21/488 |
Current International
Class: |
2101 |
Field of
Search: |
;D21/484-505 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Chin; Cynthia M.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Suiter Swantz pc llo
Description
FIG. 1 is a bottom front perspective view of the connector device
for promoting building skills;
FIG. 2 is a top view thereof, wherein the bottom view is a mirror
image of the top view;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, wherein the left-side
elevational view is a mirror image of the right-side elevational
view;
FIG. 4 is a front elevational view, wherein the back elevational
view is a mirror image of the front elevational view;
FIG. 5 is a top back perspective view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a reduced environmental view of a connector device
forming a joint between a first building piece, a second building
piece, and a third building piece;
FIG. 7 is a reduced environmental view of multiple connector
devices forming joints between multiple building pieces;
FIG. 8 is a reduced environmental view of multiple connector
devices forming joints between multiple building pieces to form a
larger building structure; and,
FIG. 9 is a reduced environmental view of multiple connector
devices forming joints between multiple building pieces to form a
larger building structure.
The dash-dot broken lines represent the boundaries of the enlarged
partial views of FIGS. 6-9 and all other broken lines represent
portions of the article that form no part of the claimed design.
None of the broken lines form a part of the claim.
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