{"id":2967,"date":"2021-03-17T09:38:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2021-03-17T09:38:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:38:41","slug":"shamrock-shaped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=2967","title":{"rendered":"Shamrock-Shaped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shamrock-shaped is an apt descriptor for the decoration of the day, but it is also a useful descriptor of a multi-lobed configuration. For example, in U.S. Patent No. 7,784,624, it was an apt descriptor for the shape of opening of the slot 35 which was designed to hold three bats:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. 7,784,624<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was also used to describe the shape of the catheter passageway in U.S. Patent No. 7,207,981; the cross section of the front part 15 of a bone nail in U.S. Patent No. 9,375,241:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. 9,375,241<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

or the three-leaf shamrock shape\u00a0of the cartridge enlargement unit 610 in U.S. Patent No. 10,016,703: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. 10,016,703<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

or the shamrock-shaped opening in U.S. Patent No. 6,595,665:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. 6,595,665<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

or the shamrock-shaped of body 6 of the musical instrument in U.S. Patent No. 3,188,902:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Patent No. 3,188,902<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Analogizing a shape of a component to a commonly known object , such as a shamrock, is a convenient and concise way of describing an embodiment of an invention. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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