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USD804766S1
USD804766S1 US29/519,548 US201529519548F USD804766S US D804766 S1 USD804766 S1 US D804766S1 US 201529519548 F US201529519548 F US 201529519548F US D804766 S USD804766 S US D804766S
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    • B60B33/00Castors in general; Anti-clogging castors
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    • B60B33/00Castors in general; Anti-clogging castors
    • B60B33/0047Castors in general; Anti-clogging castors characterised by details of the rolling axle
    • B60B33/0049Castors in general; Anti-clogging castors characterised by details of the rolling axle the rolling axle being horizontal
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62BHAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
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    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • Moulds For Moulding Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
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The application is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29/419,172, filed Apr. 25, 2012, now U.S. Pat. No. D676,214, the contents of the entirety of which is also incorporated herein by this reference.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a wheel showing our new design;
FIG. 2 is a side view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top view thereof; and,
FIG. 5 is the other side view thereof.
The dash-dot-dot broken lines in the figures are for-the purpose of illustrating portions of the wheel and form no part of the claimed design.

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  1. The ornamental design for a wheel, as shown and described.
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