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Light fixture

Granted 15 Mar 2016 · 2 office actions

Assignee: RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION

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Inventors: Norbert Hahn, Tim Muhl, Paul D. Rowlett, Mark R. Swessel +5 · Examiner: Marcus Jackson · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application

29/493,119

filed 5 Jun 2014

Publication

Not published

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US D751735

granted 15 Mar 2016

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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 first example light fixture.

FIG. 2 is another front view of the light fixture of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a front view of the light fixture of FIG. 1 showing one of the light emitting rods decoupled from the housing.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the example light fixture of FIGS. 1 and 2 .

FIG. 5 is a back view of one of the light emitting rods of the example light fixture of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 6 is a front view of one of the light emitting rods of the example light fixture of FIG. 1 .

The features shown in broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for â€œlight fixture,â€ as shown and described in FIGS. 1-6.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D26/3

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1.8 y

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Examiner

Marcus Jackson

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19 members · 6 offices

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-2011075441-A1	A1	31 Mar 2011	28 Sep 2009	published	Light fixtures for doorways and other areas
US	US-9096170-B2	B2	4 Aug 2015	28 Sep 2009	granted	Light fixtures for doorways and other areas
USthis patent	US-D751735-S	S1	15 Mar 2016	5 Jun 2014	granted	Light fixture
EP	EP-2483109-A1	A1	8 Aug 2012	17 Sep 2010	published	Beleuchtungskörper für eingänge und andere bereichede
EP	EP-2572934-A2	A2	27 Mar 2013	17 Sep 2010	published	Luminaires pour portes et autres zonesfr
EP	EP-2572935-A2	A2	27 Mar 2013	17 Sep 2010	published	Beleuchtungskörper für Eingänge und andere Bereichede
EP	EP-2572934-A3	A3	2 Oct 2013	17 Sep 2010	published	Light fixtures for doorways and other areas
EP	EP-2572935-A3	A3	2 Oct 2013	17 Sep 2010	published	Beleuchtungskörper für Eingänge und andere Bereichede
EP	EP-2483109-B1	B1	13 Jun 2018	17 Sep 2010	granted	Beleuchtungskörper für eingängede
EP	EP-2572934-B1	B1	23 Jan 2019	17 Sep 2010	granted	Beleuchtungskörper für Eingängede
EP	EP-3483098-A1	A1	15 May 2019	17 Sep 2010	published	Beleuchtungskörper für eingänge und andere bereichede
EP	EP-3483098-B1	B1	25 Mar 2026	17 Sep 2010	granted	Beleuchtungskörper für eingängede
WO	WO-2011037839-A1	A1	31 Mar 2011	17 Sep 2010	published	Light fixtures for doorways and other areas

›Other offices — 6 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-2010298499-A1	A1	12 Apr 2012	17 Sep 2010	published	Light fixtures for doorways and other areas
AU	AU-2010298499-B2	B2	14 Aug 2014	17 Sep 2010	granted	Light fixtures for doorways and other areas
CA	CA-2774370-A1	A1	31 Mar 2011	17 Sep 2010	published	Light fixtures for doorways and other areas
CA	CA-2774370-C	C	29 Nov 2016	17 Sep 2010	granted	Light fixtures for doorways and other areas
ES	ES-2684495-T3	T3	3 Oct 2018	17 Sep 2010	granted	Aparatos de iluminación para entradases
ES	ES-2714395-T3	T3	28 May 2019	17 Sep 2010	granted	Aparatos de iluminación para entradases

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