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Office chair

Granted 26 Feb 2008 · no office action yet

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

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Inventors: Pete Beyer, Larry A. Wilkerson, Michael W. Welsh, Joern Dallmann +1 · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/286,495
filed 8 May 2007
Publication
Not published
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US D562574
granted 26 Feb 2008

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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 embodiment of an office chair embodying our design;

FIG. 2 is a top view thereof;

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

FIG. 4 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left, rear isometric view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view of a second embodiment of an office chair embodying our design;

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side view thereof, the right side view being substantially a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 10 is a left, rear isometric view thereof.

The base for the office chair of the claimed design is illustrated herein in phantom outline for environmental purposes and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D06/334

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Examiner
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Worldwide family

11 members · 3 offices
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DOCDB simple family 38179014
Offices
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D545076-SS126 Jun 200728 Feb 2005grantedOffice chair
USthis patentUS-D562574-SS126 Feb 20088 May 2007grantedOffice chair
USUS-D587942-SS110 Mar 200929 Nov 2007grantedLumbar support for an office chair
›Other offices — 8 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-306602-SS8 May 200626 Aug 2005publishedChair design
AUAU-306678-SS10 May 200626 Aug 2005publishedChair design
AUAU-306679-SS10 May 200626 Aug 2005publishedChair design
AUAU-306680-SS10 May 200626 Aug 2005publishedChair design
AUAU-306681-SS10 May 200626 Aug 2005publishedChair design
AUAU-306682-SS10 May 200626 Aug 2005publishedChair design
CACA-112386-SS1 May 200726 Aug 2005grantedOffice chair
CACA-120072-SS1 May 200726 Aug 2005grantedLumbar support for an office chair

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