U.S. application Ser. No. 29/577,873 filed on Sep. 16, 2016, titled “Valve Cover,” is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIG. 1 is a right top perspective view of a valve cover in accordance with our new design;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front elevation thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view thereof, the right side elevation view is a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a right top perspective view thereof and shown attached to a base; and,
FIG. 8 is a right top perspective view of FIG. 7 and shown attached to a respirator.
The right side elevation view of the design of FIG. 1 is a mirror image of the left side elevation view illustrated in FIG. 5.
The broken line showing of the base in FIGS. 7-8 and the respirator in FIG. 8 depict environment and form no part of the claimed design. All other broken lines depict portions of the valve cover that form no part of the claimed design.
	
	  
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