U.S. patent number D591,986 [Application Number D/291,968] was granted by the patent office on 2009-05-12 for body support structure. This patent grant is currently assigned to Herman Miller, Inc.. Invention is credited to Claudia Plikat, Johann Burkhard Schmitz, Carola Eva Marianne Zwick, Roland Rolf Otto Zwick.
United States Patent | D591,986 |
Schmitz , et al. | May 12, 2009 |
Inventors: | Schmitz; Johann Burkhard (Berlin, DE), Plikat; Claudia (Berlin, DE), Zwick; Carola Eva Marianne (Berlin, DE), Zwick; Roland Rolf Otto (Berlin, DE) |
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Assignee: | Herman Miller, Inc. (Zeeland,
MI) |
Appl. No.: | D/291,968 |
Filed: | September 21, 2007 |
Current U.S. Class: | D6/716 |
Current International Class: | 0604 |
Field of Search: | ;D6/323,328,334,370-371,373-374,376,379-380,500-502 ;297/446 |
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