USD829903S1 - Shipping wedge - Google Patents
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Description
The dashed broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating environment and portions of the shipping wedge that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part thereof.
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- The ornamental design for a shipping wedge, as shown and described.
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