Hand guard for a firearm Patent Grant Chow , et al. May 24, 2 [Magpul Industries Corporation]

Hand guard for a firearm

Chow , et al. May 24, 2

Patent Grant D757204

U.S. patent number D757,204 [Application Number D/511,992] was granted by the patent office on 2016-05-24 for hand guard for a firearm. This patent grant is currently assigned to Magpul Industries Corporation. The grantee listed for this patent is Magpul Industries Corporation. Invention is credited to Grady Barfoot, Eric H. Chow, Michael T. Mayberry.

United States Patent	D757,204
Chow , et al.	May 24, 2016

Hand guard for a firearm

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a hand guard for a firearm, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Chow; Eric H. (Highlands Ranch, CO), Mayberry; Michael T. (Denver, CO), Barfoot; Grady (Denver, CO)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Magpul Industries Corporation	Louisville	CO	US

Assignee:

Magpul Industries Corporation (Louisville, CO)

Appl. No.:

D/511,992

Filed:

December 16, 2014

Current U.S. Class:	D22/108
Current International Class:	2201
Field of Search:	;D22/108 ;D8/68

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Primary Examiner: Pratt; Michael A
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

Description

FIG. 1 is a right side elevation view of a hand guard for a firearm attached to a firearm showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left, front, bottom view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1, the left side elevation view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a front elevation view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a rear elevation view of the hand guard for a firearm of FIG. 1.

The broken lines showing portions of the design in all figures are included for the purpose of illustrating environment and unclaimed features and form no part of the claimed design.

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