Head mounted display

Maclness , et al. November 12, 1

Patent Grant D375495

U.S. patent number D375,495 [Application Number D/041,651] was granted by the patent office on 1996-11-12 for head mounted display. This patent grant is currently assigned to Virtual I/O, Inc.. Invention is credited to Scott Maclness, Jae P. Park, Christopher D. Wiegel.


United States Patent D375,495
Maclness ,   et al. November 12, 1996
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Head mounted display

Claims

The ornamental design for a head-mounted display, as shown and described.
Inventors: Maclness; Scott (Issaquah, WA), Wiegel; Christopher D. (Seattle, WA), Park; Jae P. (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: Virtual I/O, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Appl. No.: D/041,651
Filed: July 20, 1995

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
27898 Aug 31, 1994

Current U.S. Class: D14/372
Field of Search: ;D14/124 ;D16/133,900 ;D29/103,104,105 ;D21/13,48 ;273/148B,433-438,DIG.28 ;359/480,431,407,630 ;345/7,8,9,905 ;348/42,53,115,838

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Primary Examiner: Deshmukh; Prabhakar G.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bogle & Gates, P.L.L.C.

Description



FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a head-mounted display showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line showing of human head is for illustrative purpose only and forms no part of the claim.

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