Ceiling fan Patent Grant McRoberts , et al. December 5, 2 [HUNTER FAN COMPANY]

Ceiling fan

McRoberts , et al. December 5, 2

Patent Grant D804629

U.S. patent number D804,629 [Application Number D/553,853] was granted by the patent office on 2017-12-05 for ceiling fan. This patent grant is currently assigned to Hunter Fan Company. The grantee listed for this patent is HUNTER FAN COMPANY. Invention is credited to Christine Holmes, Claire Bernice McRoberts.

United States Patent	D804,629
McRoberts , et al.	December 5, 2017

Ceiling fan

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a ceiling fan, as shown and described.

Inventors:

McRoberts; Claire Bernice (Memphis, TN), Holmes; Christine (Cordova, TN)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
HUNTER FAN COMPANY	Memphis	TN	US

Assignee:

Hunter Fan Company (Memphis, TN)

Appl. No.:

D/553,853

Filed:

February 5, 2016

Current U.S. Class:	D23/377
Current International Class:	2304
Field of Search:	;D23/355,370-376,378-387,412,414,377,411,413 ;D26/59 ;D12/214

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Primary Examiner: Kearney; Karen E
Assistant Examiner: Oum; Sharon S
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McGarry Bair PC

Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a first embodiment of a ceiling fan;

FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a top perspective view of a second embodiment of a ceiling fan;

FIG. 10 is a bottom perspective view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a top view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 9; and,

FIG. 13 is a side view of the ceiling fan of FIG. 9.

Portions of the ceiling fan shown in broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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