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US 1,105,003 · App. 29/872,809 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Flexible trough

Inventors: Bryan Joseph Kioski (Spokane, WA); Walter Dean Takisaki (Spokane Valley, WA)
Assignees: Telect, Inc.; Amphenol Network Solutions, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,105,003
App. No.
29/872,809
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a flexible trough, as shown and described.

Assignments (3)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2024
From: TELECT, INC.; AMPHENOL NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: AMPHENOL NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 069708/0775 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 17, 2024
From: TELECT, INC.; AMPHENOL NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: AMPHENOL NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067142/0915 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2023
From: KIOSKI, BRYAN JOSEPH; TAKISAKI, WALTER DEAN
To: TELECT, INC.
Reel/Frame 063032/0154 →
Continuity (2)
Division 29782910 · May 10, 2021
Division 29645348 · Apr 25, 2018
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