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USD788291S1
USD788291S1 US29/561,892 US201629561892F USD788291S US D788291 S1 USD788291 S1 US D788291S1 US 201629561892 F US201629561892 F US 201629561892F US D788291 S USD788291 S US D788291S
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F11/00Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F11/06Protective devices for the ears
    • A61F11/08Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs
    • 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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FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of my new design;
FIG. 2 is another perspective view from a different angle showing the same embodiment of my new design as in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a side view thereof both sides being the same;
FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of my new design;
FIG. 8 is another perspective view from a different angle showing the same embodiment of my new design as in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a side view thereof both sides being the same;
FIG. 10 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a front view thereof; and,
FIG. 12 is a rear view thereof.

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  1. The ornamental design for an earplug, as shown and described.
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