Patent
   D436164
Priority
Sep 17 1999
Filed
Sep 17 1999
Issued
Jan 09 2001
Expiry
Jan 09 2015
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for an earplug, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 illustrates an isometric view of the design for the earplug.

FIG. 2 illustrates a side view thereof, all other side views displaying the same image thereof.

FIG. 3 illustrates a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 4 illustrates a top view thereof.

The broken lines shown in the drawing are only provided to illustrate the environment of the design.

Foslien, Floyd L.

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