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US 1,072,360 · App. 29/956,737 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Thumb guard

Inventor: Craig First (Concord, MA)
A41D13/087A41D13/082A63B71/14
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Patent No.
US 1,072,360
App. No.
29/956,737
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a thumb guard as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: FIRST, CRAIG
To: THUMB-PER, INC.
Reel/Frame 069614/0700 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 16407363 · May 9, 2019
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