Backrest

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a backrest;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the backrest shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the backrest shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the backrest shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the backrest shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the backrest shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the backrest shown in FIG. 1.

The broken lines showing various aspects of a chair to which the backrest is affixed in FIGS. 1-7 are for environmental purposes only and do not form any part of the claimed design.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a backrest, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Behar; Yves (San Francisco, CA), Recor; Bret (San Francisco, CA), Li; Qin (South San Francisco, CA), Edahiro; Naoya (San Francisco, CA), Murphy-Reinhertz; Noah (San Francisco, CA), Swinton; Matthew (Brooklyn, NY)
Assignee:	Herman Miller, Inc. (Zeeland, MI)
Appl. No.:	D/359,625
Filed:	April 13, 2010

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Current U.S. Class:	D6/716.4; D6/366
Current International Class:	0601
Field of Search:	;D6/334-336,360-369,373-374,379-380,498,500-502,601 ;297/284.4-284.5,291,297,411.2,411.27-411.29,452.13,452.19,452.21,452.29,452.3,452.56,452.64

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Primary Examiner: Veynar; Caron
Assistant Examiner: Pham; Ricky
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione