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US 1,114,611 · App. 29/836,179 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Signage fastener

Inventors: John Richard Muse (Atlanta, GA); John Taddei (Locust Grove, GA)
Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 1,114,611
App. No.
29/836,179
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a signage fastener, as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2022
From: MUSE, JOHN RICHARD; TADDEI, JOHN
To: PRATT CORRUGATED HOLDINGS, INC.
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