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Nesting block set

Granted 5 May 2015 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Target Brands, Inc · originally Target Corporation

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Inventors: Wanda Dent, Justin F. Wood, Joel T. Bodkin, Mark Chase +2 · Examiner: Catherine Tuttle · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/427,837
filed 23 Jul 2012
Publication
Not published
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US D728695
granted 5 May 2015

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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 showing our new design for a nesting block set in its nested configuration;

FIG. 2 is a bottom, front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof, the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top and front perspective view showing the design in its stacked configuration;

FIG. 8 is a bottom, front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof, the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 10 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating seam lines and components of the nesting block set that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D21/471

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