Frictional holding pad with inclined grip Patent Grant Wheatley , et al. September 22, 2 [American Covers, Inc.]

Frictional holding pad with inclined grip

Wheatley , et al. September 22, 2

Patent Grant D739396

U.S. patent number D739,396 [Application Number D/479,892] was granted by the patent office on 2015-09-22 for frictional holding pad with inclined grip. This patent grant is currently assigned to American Covers, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is American Covers, Inc.. Invention is credited to Bryce Craig, Alan J. Wheatley.

United States Patent	D739,396
Wheatley , et al.	September 22, 2015

Frictional holding pad with inclined grip

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for the frictional holding pad with inclined grip, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Wheatley; Alan J. (Draper, UT), Craig; Bryce (Alpine, UT)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
American Covers, Inc.	Draper	UT	US

Assignee:

American Covers, Inc. (Draper, UT)

Family ID:

48792249

Appl. No.:

D/479,892

Filed:

January 21, 2014

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
13940074	Jul 11, 2013	8851349
12987662	Jan 10, 2011	8490846

Current U.S. Class:	D14/253
Current CPC Class:	B60R7/06 20130101; B60R11/02 20130101; B60R2011/0005 20130101; B60R2011/0077 20130101
Current International Class:	1403
Field of Search:	;D14/208,209.1,217,238.1,243,250-253,434,440,447,496,203.3-203.7,248,240,341-347 ;379/426,446,455,433.1 ;D19/90,86,87,92 ;D6/553 ;455/575.1,575.8 ;D13/102,108 ;320/108,115 ;D16/242-244 ;248/309.1,371,176.3,668

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Primary Examiner: Hattan; Susan Bennett
Assistant Examiner: Hallmark; Janice
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Thorpe North & Western LLP

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the frictional holding pad with inclined grip in accordance with our invention;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

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

FIG. 7 is a rear elevation view thereof.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 1-4 and 7 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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