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Ballast housing for a suspended luminaire

Granted 9 Dec 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC · originally Acuity Brands, Inc.

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Inventors: Scott L. Posey, Eric J. Fickas, Jeffrey D. McClow · Examiner: Jennifer Rivard · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/169,448
filed 18 Oct 2002
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US D483517
granted 9 Dec 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ballast housing showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a first side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a second side elevational view thereof seen rotated 30 ° from the first elevational view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the ballast housing in use as a component part of a suspended luminaire;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the ballast housing of the new design shown inverted for operational use;

FIG. 8 is a first side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a second side elevational view thereof seen rotated 30 ° from the first elevational view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the ballast housing shown in an operational environment.

The broken line environmental showing is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D26/138

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