Foam cushion base Patent Grant Sobran October 6, 2 [Sobran; Ivan]

Foam cushion base

Sobran October 6, 2

Patent Grant D740053

U.S. patent number D740,053 [Application Number D/459,883] was granted by the patent office on 2015-10-06 for foam cushion base. This patent grant is currently assigned to Nomaco Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Ivan Sobran. Invention is credited to Ivan Sobran.

United States Patent	D740,053
Sobran	October 6, 2015

Foam cushion base

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for foam cushion base, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Sobran; Ivan (Raleigh, NC)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Sobran; Ivan	Raleigh	NC	US

Assignee:

Nomaco Inc. (Zebulon, NC)

Appl. No.:

D/459,883

Filed:

July 3, 2013

Current U.S. Class:	D6/601
Current International Class:	0609
Field of Search:	;D6/595-601,604,605 ;D21/803,809 ;D24/183,190-193 ;5/420,630-651,652,655.3,655.9,656,706,710,690-692,900,902,910,922,928-930,932,935,948,953 ;128/202.18 ;441/40,66,80-81,127 ;428/167,182

References Cited [Referenced By]

U.S. Patent Documents


554580	February 1896	Conkwright
676573	June 1901	Bowers
D46509	October 1914	Neff
1371362	March 1921	Giese
1429776	September 1922	Robinson
1686270	October 1928	Dwyer et al.
1865043	June 1932	Pittoni
1979566	November 1934	Morse
1986255	January 1935	Durfey et al.
D105428	July 1937	Bahr
D136717	November 1943	Moore et al.
2337525	December 1943	Peik
2539058	January 1951	Burns
2569021	September 1951	Rozanski
2571715	October 1951	Henning
2615577	October 1952	Bartleman
2630145	March 1953	Stevens
2697642	December 1954	Rudy
2748399	June 1956	Rockoff
2826769	March 1958	Drews
2940089	June 1960	Koenigsberg
2978714	April 1961	Bechik
3046574	July 1962	Erenberg et al.
3082438	March 1963	Nachman, Jr.
3104085	September 1963	Skladany
3263533	August 1966	Carlson
3293671	December 1966	Griffin
3318224	May 1967	Bohanon
3749301	July 1973	Peckar
3775526	November 1973	Gilmore
3822426	July 1974	Mistarz
3848283	November 1974	Ikeda
3894706	July 1975	Mizusawa
D240681	July 1976	Granatelli
D241314	September 1976	Hug
D245747	September 1977	Ikeda
4121005	October 1978	Roberts
4181992	January 1980	Blake
4194255	March 1980	Poppe
4207636	June 1980	Ceriani
4275473	June 1981	Poirier
4435463	March 1984	Roellchen
D273659	May 1984	Sakaguchi
4451946	June 1984	Stumpf
4619456	October 1986	Meggs
4821988	April 1989	Jimenez
4900607	February 1990	Glang et al.
4907309	March 1990	Breckle
4915662	April 1990	Kent
D307688	May 1990	Schaefer
D307690	May 1990	Raburn
D310313	September 1990	Afeyan
4998310	March 1991	Olson
5005793	April 1991	Shillington
5039366	August 1991	Strattman
5040255	August 1991	Barber, Jr.
5048167	September 1991	Heffley et al.
D322907	January 1992	Raburn
5115524	May 1992	Antosko
5133116	July 1992	Wagner et al.
5195197	March 1993	Gutierrez et al.
5231718	August 1993	Blaha et al.
5239715	August 1993	Wagner
5398820	March 1995	Kiss
5413836	May 1995	Hsieh
5415370	May 1995	Valiulis
D363016	October 1995	Sipprelle, III et al.
5456437	October 1995	Chander et al.
5462212	October 1995	Hertel, Jr.
5467488	November 1995	Wagner
5469590	November 1995	Simon
5491852	February 1996	Maucher
5537699	July 1996	Bonaddio et al.
D376309	December 1996	Takai
5642546	July 1997	Shoenhair
5642557	July 1997	Clews
5658644	August 1997	Ho et al.
5687439	November 1997	Wagner
5705252	January 1998	Lea et al.
5724686	March 1998	Neal
5743497	April 1998	Michael
5756022	May 1998	Siegel et al.
5787532	August 1998	Langer et al.
5792309	August 1998	Eto
5815865	October 1998	Washburn et al.
5861205	January 1999	Murata et al.
D406051	February 1999	Ross
5924682	July 1999	Bullard
D413035	August 1999	Weterrings et al.
5972475	October 1999	Beekman
5974609	November 1999	Nunez et al.
5987678	November 1999	Ayers
D417612	December 1999	Jones
6003179	December 1999	Farley
D418354	January 2000	O'Rourke
6023803	February 2000	Barman
6026525	February 2000	Davis
6071593	June 2000	Lang et al.
6109569	August 2000	Sakaida
6122787	September 2000	Kao
D432404	October 2000	Garfinkle
6154908	December 2000	Wells
6158071	December 2000	Wells
D436772	January 2001	Soderstrom
6202238	March 2001	Mossbeck et al.
6243894	June 2001	Kosumsuppamala et al.
6260331	July 2001	Stumpf
6263533	July 2001	Dimitry et al.
6286161	September 2001	McCall
6286166	September 2001	Henley et al.
6295676	October 2001	Warner
6306235	October 2001	Henderson
6315275	November 2001	Zysman
D454740	March 2002	Baggott
6353952	March 2002	Wells
D456197	April 2002	McClure et al.
6370717	April 2002	Kao
6398199	June 2002	Barber
D467117	December 2002	Guy
6488031	December 2002	Sells, II
6493887	December 2002	DeFranks et al.
6496993	December 2002	Allen et al.
6523812	February 2003	Spinks et al.
6537405	March 2003	Henderson et al.
6568014	May 2003	Sabalaskey et al.
6574814	June 2003	Collard et al.
6612525	September 2003	Bagdi
6658682	December 2003	Wells
6684434	February 2004	Ellis et al.
6687929	February 2004	DeFranks et al.
6721981	April 2004	Greenhalgh et al.
6772463	August 2004	Gladney et al.
6804847	October 2004	Grothaus
6813791	November 2004	Mossbeck et al.
6826796	December 2004	Mossbeck
6832397	December 2004	Gaboury et al.
6862763	March 2005	Mossbeck et al.
6883196	April 2005	Barber
6898813	May 2005	Grothaus
D506385	June 2005	Brown
6954957	October 2005	Metzger et al.
6966090	November 2005	McClintock et al.
6966091	November 2005	Barber
7011731	March 2006	Romanski
7017205	March 2006	Gladney
7028352	April 2006	Kramer et al.
7036173	May 2006	Gladney
7044557	May 2006	Wieland
7082635	August 2006	Barman et al.
7093858	August 2006	Russell
7127765	October 2006	Ruiz
7165282	January 2007	Watson
D537331	February 2007	Hill
7178187	February 2007	Barman et al.
7185379	March 2007	Barman
7185770	March 2007	Roten
7194777	March 2007	Edling et al.
7198075	April 2007	Korosy et al.
7210181	May 2007	Price
7251847	August 2007	Wells
7340854	March 2008	Barnes
D566994	April 2008	Marcus
D569160	May 2008	Mossbeck
D575144	August 2008	Heisten
D575145	August 2008	Heisten
D581715	December 2008	Scheuch
D583607	December 2008	Hanson et al.
7546648	June 2009	Steffes
7597296	October 2009	Conway
7608782	October 2009	Hill
7644461	January 2010	Lee
D612188	March 2010	Yiannaki
7685664	March 2010	Stolpmann et al.
D621071	August 2010	Elliott
D622137	August 2010	Turnbull
D622586	August 2010	Turnbull
7805790	October 2010	DeMoss
7841031	November 2010	Rawls-Meehan
D628879	December 2010	Kindig
7845035	December 2010	Letton et al.
7845036	December 2010	Rinchetti
7865988	January 2011	Koughan et al.
7870626	January 2011	Antinori
D636622	April 2011	Quinter et al.
D640516	June 2011	Krohmer et al.
D640535	June 2011	Austro
D642413	August 2011	Rinehart
D642847	August 2011	Rinehart
7992712	August 2011	Rosland
8001638	August 2011	Quinter et al.
D648211	November 2011	Weaver et al.
D653895	February 2012	Reisenhus
8122537	February 2012	Roberts
D665449	August 2012	Guirlinger
8250689	August 2012	Gladney
8266747	September 2012	Sobran et al.
8356372	January 2013	Smalling et al.
8434178	May 2013	Sobran et al.
8438678	May 2013	Brottlund et al.
D691400	October 2013	Young
D692692	November 2013	Allman et al.
D692693	November 2013	Allman et al.
D693146	November 2013	Allman et al.
D693147	November 2013	Henderson et al.
D693149	November 2013	Allman et al.
D694042	November 2013	Yiannaki
8584277	November 2013	Roberts
D694552	December 2013	Allman et al.
D697337	January 2014	Young
D707468	June 2014	Lauer et al.
2002/0069462	June 2002	Gaboury et al.
2003/0068471	April 2003	Anderson et al.
2003/0074736	April 2003	Grothaus
2003/0079284	May 2003	Gaboury et al.
2003/0173814	September 2003	Wieland et al.
2004/0128761	July 2004	Gaboury et al.
2004/0128773	July 2004	Barber
2004/0133988	July 2004	Barber
2004/0182802	September 2004	Paul
2004/0187217	September 2004	Barman et al.
2004/0261186	December 2004	Gladney
2005/0015884	January 2005	Conaway et al.
2005/0028275	February 2005	Hooper, Jr.
2005/0034233	February 2005	Gladney
2005/0204475	September 2005	Schmitz et al.
2005/0246839	November 2005	Niswonger
2005/0251920	November 2005	Ahn
2005/0262642	December 2005	Miller
2006/0031995	February 2006	Barkhouse
2006/0042016	March 2006	Barman et al.
2006/0257711	November 2006	Elhamid et al.
2006/0260062	November 2006	Barman et al.
2007/0094801	May 2007	Kuo
2007/0118987	May 2007	Gladney et al.
2008/0040861	February 2008	Ootayopas
2008/0107871	May 2008	Richards
2008/0115288	May 2008	Poulos
2009/0000030	January 2009	Hicks et al.
2009/0011203	January 2009	Mock et al.
2009/0013476	January 2009	Rinchetti
2009/0025150	January 2009	Smalling et al.
2009/0029112	January 2009	Otake
2009/0031502	February 2009	Berrcocal et al.
2009/0100606	April 2009	An
2009/0106894	April 2009	Yeo
2009/0139033	June 2009	Gladney
2009/0193591	August 2009	DeMoss et al.
2009/0294623	December 2009	Pinchuk
2010/0071136	March 2010	Weber
2010/0077552	April 2010	Malikhin et al.
2010/0138994	June 2010	Lee et al.
2010/0223732	September 2010	Allman et al.
2010/0319137	December 2010	Witherell et al.
2010/0325806	December 2010	Letton et al.
2011/0049327	March 2011	Young et al.
2011/0061163	March 2011	Lee
2011/0072587	March 2011	Cao et al.
2011/0179579	July 2011	Henderson et al.
2011/0197368	August 2011	Tarazona De La Asuncion
2012/0167312	July 2012	Sobran et al.
2012/0180224	July 2012	Demoss et al.
2012/0284928	November 2012	Henderson et al.
2013/0098791	April 2013	Saunders et al.
2013/0276228	October 2013	Hsieh

Foreign Patent Documents


202004000702	Jun 2004	DE
1674003	May 2013	EP
2789861	Aug 2000	FR
2095545	Oct 1982	GB
2154443	Sep 1985	GB
2009014657	Jan 2009	WO
2010117352	Oct 2010	WO
2015057516	Apr 2015	WO

Other References

Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/694,562 mailed Apr. 10, 2014, 10 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/534,068 mailed Feb. 26, 2014, 8 pages. cited by applicant .
Office Action for Canadian patent Application No. 2,777,347 mailed Jan. 31, 2014, 3 pages. cited by applicant .
Final Office Action mailed Nov. 8, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/455,968, 13 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action mailed May 26, 2010 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/455,968, 13 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action mailed Oct. 12, 2011 for U.S. Appl. No. 12/455,968, 12 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 12/455,968 mailed Jul. 23, 2012, 7 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance mailed Dec. 31, 2009 for U.S. Appl. No. 29/342,503, 4 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/386,584 mailed Sep. 13, 2011, 18 pages. cited by applicant .
Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/386,584 mailed Feb. 3, 2012, 17 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/615,535 mailed Feb. 28, 2013, 14 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance and Examiner-Initiated Interview Summary for U.S. Appl. No. 12/615,535 mailed Jul. 17, 2013, 13 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/694,562 mailed Feb. 28, 2013, 13 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/342,503 mailed Dec. 16, 2009, 6 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/418,649 mailed May 15, 2012, 15 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/534,068 mailed Jun. 12, 2013, 8 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,046 mailed Mar. 8, 2013, 6 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,046 mailed Jul. 1, 2013, 8 pages. cited by applicant .
Ex Parte Quayle Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/398,647 mailed May 8, 2012, 5 pages. cited by applicant .
Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/870,316 mailed Feb. 13, 2013, 9 pages. cited by applicant .
Advisory Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/870,316 mailed May 29, 2013, 2 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/870,316 mailed Jun. 20, 2013, 9 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/398,649 mailed Aug. 29, 2012, 6 pages. cited by applicant .
Ex Parte Quayle Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/361,180 mailed Sep. 13, 2012, 11 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/361,180 mailed Nov. 27, 2012, 6 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,030 mailed Apr. 19, 2013, 7 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,039 mailed Apr. 25, 2013, 8 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,034 mailed Apr. 24, 2013, 6 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/403,050 mailed Sep. 28, 2012, 8 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/398,647 mailed Aug. 30, 2012, 6 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 13/418,649 mailed Dec. 12, 2012, 7 pages. cited by applicant .
Author Unknown, "Expandable Grids Made of ETHOFOAM Brand Polyethylene Foam," ETHAFOAM, The Dow Chemical Company, Dec. 1997, 7 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,030 mailed Aug. 5, 2013, 8 pages. cited by applicant .
Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,039 mailed Aug. 5, 2013, 6 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/694,562 mailed Sep. 11, 2013, 11 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,039 mailed Sep. 23, 2013, 9 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/368,034 mailed Sep. 24, 2013, 15 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/534,068 mailed Oct. 3, 2013, 9 pages. cited by applicant .
Official Action for Mexican patent application MX/a/2010/006786 mailed Oct. 7, 2013, 2 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 12/870,316 mailed Dec. 6, 2013, 11 pages. cited by applicant .
Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/534,068, mailed Sep. 15, 2014, 9 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/283,652, mailed Jul. 11, 2014, 5 pages. cited by applicant .
Office Action for Canadian Patent Application No. 2,791,073, issued Jul. 24, 2014, 2 pages. cited by applicant .
Examiner's Report for Canadian Patent Application 156500, mailed Oct. 20, 2014, 2 pages. cited by applicant .
Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 12/694,562, mailed Oct. 2, 2014, 11 pages. cited by applicant .
Quayle Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/471,906, mailed Dec. 8, 2014, 5 pages. cited by applicant .
Non-Final Office Action for U.S. Appl. No. 29/453,042, mailed Oct. 15, 2014, 7 pages. cited by applicant .
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 29/471,906, mailed May 20, 2015, 6 pages. cited by applicant .
Examination Report No. 1 for Australian Patent Application No. 2013202638, issued Jun. 24, 2015, 5 pages. cited by applicant.

Primary Examiner: Johannes; Thomas
Assistant Examiner: Buckner; Nathaniel D
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Withrow & Terranova, PLLC

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a foam cushion base;

FIG. 2 is a front side view of the foam cushion base shown in FIG. 1; the rear side view being a minor image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the foam cushion base shown in FIG. 1; the bottom view being a minor image thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the foam cushion base shown in FIG. 1; the left side view being a minor image thereof.

The break lines shown in the drawings indicate no specific length or width and form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines shown in the drawings are for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

* * * * *