US 11,953,642 B2
Metal detector
Cosmo Luppino, Mawson Lakes (AU)
Assigned to Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited, Mawson Lakes (AU)
Filed by Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited, Mawson Lakes (AU)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/573,696.
Claims priority of application No. 2021900058 (AU), filed on Jan. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0221610 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01V 3/10 (2006.01); G01V 3/165 (2006.01); G01V 3/17 (2006.01); G01V 13/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 3/08 (2013.01) [G01V 3/165 (2013.01); G01V 3/17 (2013.01); G01V 13/00 (2013.01); B29C 45/14336 (2013.01); B29C 45/14598 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A body of a hand-held metal detector, comprising:
an elongated body with a first and second end; and
a first connecting structure moulded directly onto the elongated body at the first end through an injection moulding process;
wherein the connecting structure comprises an engaging portion configured to engage at least one attachment of the hand-held metal detector, such that the at least one attachment is supported by the elongated body through the connecting structure moulded directly onto the elongated body.