Lower body garment Patent Grant Hays , et al. September 12, 2 [Spanx, Inc.]

Lower body garment

Hays , et al. September 12, 2

Patent Grant D796784

U.S. patent number D796,784 [Application Number D/488,647] was granted by the patent office on 2017-09-12 for lower body garment. This patent grant is currently assigned to Spanx, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Spanx, Inc.. Invention is credited to Sylma Colon-Otten, Tosha L. Hays.

United States Patent	D796,784
Hays , et al.	September 12, 2017

Lower body garment

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a lower body garment, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Hays; Tosha L. (Atlanta, GA), Colon-Otten; Sylma (Atlanta, GA)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Spanx, Inc.	Atlanta	GA	US

Assignee:

Spanx, Inc. (Atlanta, GA)

Appl. No.:

D/488,647

Filed:

April 22, 2014

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29462338	Aug 1, 2013	D707920

Current U.S. Class:	D2/738; D2/701
Current International Class:	0202
Field of Search:	;D2/712,738,742,731

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Primary Examiner: Windmuller; John
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC

Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a lower body garment showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is front view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a back view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 bottom view thereof.

The broken lines consisting of only dashes, showing the remaining portions of the lower body garment and portions of the human figure, illustrate the design as worn and form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dash broken lines define the bounds of the claimed design and form no part thereof.

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