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Running board for a motor vehicle

Granted 20 Feb 2001 · no office action yet

Assignee: Mothersele Charles L

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Inventors: Charles L. Mothersele · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
100750
filed 17 Feb 1999
Publication
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US D437818
granted 20 Feb 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of a running board for a motor vehicle.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the FIG. 1 running board for a motor vehicle.

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the running board for a motor vehicle.

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view illustrating the mounting plate, which forms an integral part of the running board for a motor vehicle.

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view of the running board, enlarged in scale over the views previously described, the opposite side is mirror image of the side illustrated; and,

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the left front portion of the running board, further enlarged over the other views, with portions broken away to better illustrate particular features of the new design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D12/203

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