Chair

Behar , et al. November 24, 2

Patent Grant D743712

U.S. patent number D743,712 [Application Number D/450,168] was granted by the patent office on 2015-11-24 for chair. This patent grant is currently assigned to Herman Miller, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Herman Miller, Inc.. Invention is credited to Yves Behar, Diana Chang, Naoya Edahiro, Casey Doran Lewis, Qin Li, Matthew Malone, Noah Murphy-Reinhertz.


United States Patent D743,712
Behar ,   et al. November 24, 2015

Chair

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for the chair, as shown and described.
Inventors: Behar; Yves (San Francisco, CA), Li; Qin (South San Francisco, CA), Edahiro; Naoya (San Francisco, CA), Murphy-Reinhertz; Noah (San Francisco, CA), Chang; Diana (San Francisco, CA), Malone; Matthew (San Francisco, CA), Lewis; Casey Doran (Highland, UT)
Applicant:
Name City State Country Type

Herman Miller, Inc.

Zeeland

MI

US
Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc. (Zeeland, MI)
Appl. No.: D/450,168
Filed: March 15, 2013

Current U.S. Class: D6/378
Current International Class: 0601
Field of Search: ;D6/334-336,364,371,373,374,378,381,716,716.1,716.2,716.3,716.4

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Primary Examiner: De; Mimosa
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Description



FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of a chair;

FIG. 2 shows a right side view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows a left side view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 shows a front view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 shows a rear view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 shows a top view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 shows a bottom view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of a second embodiment of a chair;

FIG. 9 shows a right side view of the chair of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 shows a left side view of the chair of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 shows a front view of the chair of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 shows a rear view of the chair of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 shows a top view of the chair of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 14 shows a bottom view of the chair of FIG. 8.

Any broken lines in FIGS. 1-14 are for environmental purposes only and form no part of the claimed designs. The ornamental designs which are claimed are shown in solid lines in the drawings. For the bottom views of the chair of FIGS. 7 and 14, the areas devoid of shading or phantom lines are flat and devoid of ornamentation.

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