Litter scoop Patent Grant Sikora , et al. November 18, 2 [Target Brands, Inc.]

Litter scoop

Sikora , et al. November 18, 2

Patent Grant D718006

U.S. patent number D718,006 [Application Number D/448,451] was granted by the patent office on 2014-11-18 for litter scoop. This patent grant is currently assigned to Target Brands, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Target Brands, Inc.. Invention is credited to Stacy Lee Abel, Jeremy Berghoff, Elyse Sikora, Samuel D. Silva.

United States Patent	D718,006
Sikora , et al.	November 18, 2014

Litter scoop

Claims

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

Inventors:

Sikora; Elyse (Minneapolis, MN), Berghoff; Jeremy (Chaska, MN), Abel; Stacy Lee (Maple Grove, MN), Silva; Samuel D. (Robbinsdale, MN)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Target Brands, Inc.	Minneapolis	MN	US

Assignee:

Target Brands, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)

Appl. No.:

D/448,451

Filed:

March 12, 2013

Current U.S. Class:	D30/162
Current International Class:	3099
Field of Search:	;D30/162,161,199 ;D7/667,669-670,681,682-697,678 ;D8/13,10,1,2,3,9,11,69,94,107,300 ;D32/74,40,1 ;D21/532 ;294/1.3-1.5,119.1,49,50,50.5,55,9,28,50.8,54.5,99.2,176,178,179,180,181,FOR101,FOR102,55.5,53.5,51,56,57,7,8 ;172/380,511 ;119/858 ;248/101 ;15/236.01 ;56/400.11 ;209/419,391 ;241/217,228,273.1-273.4,274,278.1,291

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Primary Examiner: Hattan; Susan Bennett
Assistant Examiner: Morgan; Shannon
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC Seaton; JoAnn M.

Description

FIG. 1 is a front, perspective view of a litter scoop 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, the left side elevational view being an identical mirror image thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The small dash, small dash lines in FIGS. 1-6 of the litter scoop are for the purpose of illustrating environment, and form no part of the claimed design. The short dash, large dash lines in FIGS. 1-6 of the litter scoop are for the purpose of illustrating the boundaries of the claimed design, and form no part of the claimed design.

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