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Lumbar support for an office chair

Granted 10 Mar 2009 · no office action yet

Current assignee: PNC Bank, National Association · originally Haworth, Inc.

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Inventors: Joern Dallmann, Joe Willette, Michael W. Welsh, Pete Beyer +1 · Examiner: Caron Veynar · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

29/293,533

filed 29 Nov 2007

Publication

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US D587942

granted 10 Mar 2009

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a lumbar support for an office chair showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof, the right side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side cross-sectional view as taken along line 4 — 4 of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 5 is an upper right, front isometric view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for a lumbar support for an office chair, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D06/502

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Examiner

Caron Veynar

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Worldwide family

11 members · 3 offices

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Offices

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5 of 11

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›IP5 & PCT — 3 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D545076-S	S1	26 Jun 2007	28 Feb 2005	granted	Office chair
US	US-D562574-S	S1	26 Feb 2008	8 May 2007	granted	Office chair
USthis patent	US-D587942-S	S1	10 Mar 2009	29 Nov 2007	granted	Lumbar support for an office chair

›Other offices — 8 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-306602-S	S	8 May 2006	26 Aug 2005	published	Chair design
AU	AU-306678-S	S	10 May 2006	26 Aug 2005	published	Chair design
AU	AU-306679-S	S	10 May 2006	26 Aug 2005	published	Chair design
AU	AU-306680-S	S	10 May 2006	26 Aug 2005	published	Chair design
AU	AU-306681-S	S	10 May 2006	26 Aug 2005	published	Chair design
AU	AU-306682-S	S	10 May 2006	26 Aug 2005	published	Chair design
CA	CA-112386-S	S	1 May 2007	26 Aug 2005	granted	Office chair
CA	CA-120072-S	S	1 May 2007	26 Aug 2005	granted	Lumbar support for an office chair

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