U.S. patent number D492,681 [Application Number D/185,025] was granted by the patent office on 2004-07-06 for contoured housing.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Hand Held Products, Inc.. Invention is credited to Kevin J. Ahearn, Michiel Reineir Ausems, Lawrence R. Ober.
United States Patent |
D492,681 |
Ahearn , et al. |
July 6, 2004 |
Contoured housing
Claims
The ornamental design for a contoured housing, as shown and
described.
Inventors: |
Ahearn; Kevin J. (Matthews,
NC), Ober; Lawrence R. (Pineville, NC), Ausems; Michiel
Reineir (Charlotte, NC) |
Assignee: |
Hand Held Products, Inc.
(Charlotte, NC)
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Appl.
No.: |
D/185,025 |
Filed: |
June 20, 2003 |
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155999 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
D14/347 |
Current International
Class: |
1402 |
Field of
Search: |
;D14/341,339,346,347,428,218,453 ;D18/1,2,6,7 ;235/145A,145R
;341/22,23 ;345/156,168,169 ;364/708.1 |
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Other References
Innovation Winter 1996; 1996; Cover, pp. 2-5 page 163 (Symbol PDT
4000); vol. 15, No. 4 IDEA96 Yearbook; Industrial Designers Society
of America Publications; Virginia, USA..
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Primary Examiner: Nunn; Freda S.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Alston & Bird LLP
Description
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a contoured housing showing a first
embodiment of our new design;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side
being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof; and
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a contoured housing showing a
second embodiment of our new design;
FIG. 8 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side
being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 11 is a front elevational view thereof;
FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view thereof;
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a contoured housing showing a
third embodiment of our new design;
FIG. 14 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side
being a mirror image thereof; and,
FIG. 15 is a bottom plan view thereof.
The top plan, front elevational and rear elevational views of the
third embodiment are like FIGS. 8, 11, and 12, respectively, of the
second embodiment.
The dotted lines shown herein are for illustrative purposes only
and form no part of the claimed design.
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