Game controller

Merril , et al. March 14, 2

Patent Grant D517124

U.S. patent number D517,124 [Application Number D/217,553] was granted by the patent office on 2006-03-14 for game controller. This patent grant is currently assigned to PowerGrid Fitness, Inc.. Invention is credited to Philip Feldman, Jason Grimm, Greg Merril, Jeff Schott, Peter Tsai.


United States Patent D517,124
Merril ,   et al. March 14, 2006

Game controller

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a game controller, as shown and described.
Inventors: Merril; Greg (Bethesda, MD), Feldman; Philip (Catonsville, MD), Schott; Jeff (Bethesda, MD), Grimm; Jason (Owings Mills, MD), Tsai; Peter (Olney, MD)
Assignee: PowerGrid Fitness, Inc. (Laurel, MD)
Appl. No.: D/217,553
Filed: November 19, 2004

Related U.S. Patent Documents

Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
10975185 Oct 28, 2004
10806280 Mar 23, 2004
10309565 Dec 4, 2002

Current U.S. Class: D21/324; D21/325; D21/686
Current International Class: 2101
Field of Search: ;D21/324-333,662,686,671 ;273/148B,440,454,460,461 ;463/1,36-38,46-48 ;482/1,9,4,51,901,902 ;434/247,257

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Primary Examiner: Deshmukh; Prabhakar
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Edell, Shapiro and Finnan

Description



FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view in elevation thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side view in elevation thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view in plan thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view in plan thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front view in elevation thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear view in elevation thereof.

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