U.S. patent number D796,883 [Application Number D/568,653] was granted by the patent office on 2017-09-12 for chair. The grantee listed for this patent is HNI Technologies Inc.. Invention is credited to David E. Mehaffey, Jeremy S. Rolfs.
United States Patent | D796,883 |
Mehaffey , et al. | September 12, 2017 |
Inventors: | Mehaffey; David E. (Muscatine, IA), Rolfs; Jeremy S. (Sylvan Lake, MI) | ||||||||||
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Appl. No.: | D/568,653 | ||||||||||
Filed: | June 20, 2016 |
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29542863 | Jun 21, 2016 | D759414 | |||
29506440 | Nov 17, 2015 | D743180 | |||
Current U.S. Class: | D6/716; D6/375 |
Current International Class: | 0601 |
Field of Search: | ;D6/334-336,366,371,372,373,374,375,376,716,716.1,716.4 |
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