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Surface configuration of a gearshift knob for a vehicle

Granted 23 Dec 2003 · no office action yet

Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG

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Inventors: Joern Petersen, Sandy Hartono, Hans-Peter Wunderlich · Examiner: Melody N. Brown · AU 2911 · TC 2900

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29/164,867
filed 2 Aug 2002
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Patent
US D484078
granted 23 Dec 2003

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Description

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›This application is related to the following co-pending…

This application is related to the following co-pending applications, of the inventors, filed on even date herewith and entitled “surface configuration of a gearshift knob for a vehicle”: Application Ser. No. 29 / 166 , 311 ; Application Ser. No. 29 / 164 , 866 ; and Application Ser. No. 29 / 164 , 868 .

FIG. 1 is a front, left perspective view of a surface configuration of a gearshift knob for a vehicle according to our novel design, the right, front perspective view being mirror symmetrical;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the surface configuration of a gearshift knob for a vehicle according to our novel design, the right side view being mirror symmetrical;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the surface configuration of a gearshift knob for a vehicle according to our novel design; and,

FIG. 4 is a top view of the surface configuration of a gearshift knob for a vehicle according to our novel design.

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D12/179

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