Control puck
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U.S. patent number D768,631 [Application Number D/480,371] was granted by the patent office on 2016-10-11 for control puck. This patent grant is currently assigned to STEELCASE INC.. The grantee listed for this patent is Steelcase Inc.. Invention is credited to Larry Cheng, Kyle Deerksen, Lewis Epstein, Brett Kincaid, James Ludwig, Thomas Overthun, Lukas Scherrer, Suzanne Stage, Hyun Yoo.
| United States Patent | D768,631 |
| Epstein , et al. | October 11, 2016 |
Control puck
Claims
CLAIM An ornamental design for a control puck, as show and described herein.
| Inventors: | Epstein; Lewis (San Mateo, CA), Kincaid; Brett (Lowell, MI), Yoo; Hyun (Grand Rapids, MI), Stage; Suzanne (San Francisco, CA), Scherrer; Lukas (San Francisco, CA), Cheng; Larry (Palo Alto, CA), Ludwig; James (Grand Rapids, MI), Overthun; Thomas (San Francisco, CA), Deerksen; Kyle (Mt. View, CA) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | STEELCASE INC. (Grands Rapids,
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| Appl. No.: | D/480,371 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | January 24, 2014 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
| Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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| 14053239 | Oct 14, 2013 | ||||
| 13912442 | Jun 7, 2013 | ||||
| 12474670 | May 29, 2009 | 8896656 | |||
| Current U.S. Class: | D14/388 |
| Current International Class: | 1402 |
| Field of Search: | ;D14/356,388,399,400,402,408,432,433,439,454,299,218,496,511 ;D13/164,168,184,123,158 ;D10/49,104.1,106.1,106.5,106.95 ;455/556.1,566,575.1,575.3,575.4 ;348/706 |
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Primary Examiner: Hattan; Susan Bennett
Assistant Examiner: Horse; Marie Fast
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Quarles & Brady LLP
Description
FIG. 1 is a top, front perspective view of a control puck according to our new design, the control puck being symmetrical about a central vertical axis; and,
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of thereof.
The broken line representations of cables in the figures depict environment, and form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines on the top surface depict portions of the control puck that form no part of the claimed design.
The nature of this product is a control interface, such as a display control interface for a collaborative workspace.
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References
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