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US 1,100,195 · App. 29/853,810 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Tensioner

Inventors: Brock Johnson (McMinnville, TN); Daniel J. Triplett (Smithfield, UT)
Assignee: Vilex LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,100,195
App. No.
29/853,810
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a tensioner, as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2025
From: VILEX IN TENNESSEE, INC.
To: VILEX LLC
Reel/Frame 070373/0919 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2023
From: JOHNSON, BROCK; TRIPLETT, DANIEL J.
To: VILEX IN TENNESSEE, INC.
Reel/Frame 064473/0330 →
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