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Tabletop

Granted 27 Nov 2001 · no office action yet

Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.

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Inventors: Ayse Gul Birsel, Robert W. Insalaco, Ayako Takase · Examiner: Janice E. Seeger · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
128075
filed 17 Aug 2000
Publication
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US D450959
granted 27 Nov 2001

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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 first embodiment of a tabletop;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 1, with the rear view being identical thereto;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 1, with the left side view being identical thereto;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the tabletop;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a left side view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a right side view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 11 is a top view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the tabletop, with the front, rear and side views thereof being identical to the views of FIGS. 2 and 3 respectively;

FIG. 14 is a top view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 13; and,

FIG. 15 is a bottom view of the tabletop shown in FIG. 13.

The broken lines showing the support legs in the Figures are for environmental purposes only and do not form any part of the claimed designs.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D06/511

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