Lighting unit Patent Grant Arndt , et al. May 12, 2 [Oldenburg Group Incorporated]

Lighting unit

Arndt , et al. May 12, 2

Patent Grant D729435

U.S. patent number D729,435 [Application Number D/490,585] was granted by the patent office on 2015-05-12 for lighting unit. This patent grant is currently assigned to Oldenburg Group Incorporated. The grantee listed for this patent is Oldenburg Group Incorporated. Invention is credited to Michael Allan Arndt, Jimalee Rae Beno, Christopher M. Glandt.

United States Patent	D729,435
Arndt , et al.	May 12, 2015

Lighting unit

Claims

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

Inventors:

Arndt; Michael Allan (Franklin, WI), Glandt; Christopher M. (Shorewood, WI), Beno; Jimalee Rae (Fond du Lac, WI)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Oldenburg Group Incorporated	Glendale	WI	US

Assignee:

Oldenburg Group Incorporated (Glendale, WI)

Appl. No.:

D/490,585

Filed:

May 12, 2014

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29409115	Dec 20, 2011

Current U.S. Class:	D26/118
Current International Class:	2699
Field of Search:	;D26/58,67,72,74,76,88,113,118-120,141 ;362/145,147,148,216,217.01,217.02,217.05-217.12,217.1,317,341,347,351,355,361,362,640-642 ;D25/136,137

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Primary Examiner: Ramirez; Cynthia
Assistant Examiner: Martinez-Rivera; Llorelys
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a lighting unit, showing a first embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof, the right side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an isometric view of a lighting unit, showing a second embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a left side view thereof, the right side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a back view thereof; and,

FIG. 12 is a top view thereof.

The dot-dash lines in FIGS. 1 and 2 define boundaries of the claimed design and form no part of the claimed design. The other broken lines in the drawings represent portions of the lighting unit which form no part of the claimed design.

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