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Article carrier for a passenger vehicle

Granted 22 Oct 1991 · no office action yet

Application
388222
filed 1 Aug 1989
Publication
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US D320971
granted 22 Oct 1991

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of an article carrier for a passenger vehicle showing our new design it being understood that the broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged left side elevation thereof;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view of one of the crossbar supports thereof shown in FIG. 4 it being understood that all four crossbar supports are identical;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-section view taken along lines 6--6 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevation view of FIG. 5; and

FIG. 8 is a left side elevation view of FIG. 5.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/157

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James M. Gandy
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