Battery charger
Lau , et al. January 2, 2
Patent Grant D806647
U.S. patent number D806,647 [Application Number D/535,892] was granted by the patent office on 2018-01-02 for battery charger. This patent grant is currently assigned to DELTA-Q TECHNOLOGIES CORP.. The grantee listed for this patent is Delta-Q Technologies Corp.. Invention is credited to Jeff Douglas Everett, James Lennox Fox, Ngai Eric Lau, Jonathan Eric Stroud.
| United States Patent | D806,647 |
| Lau , et al. | January 2, 2018 |
Battery charger
Claims
CLAIM The ornamental design for a battery charger, as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Lau; Ngai Eric (Burnaby, CA), Everett; Jeff Douglas (Vancouver, CA), Stroud; Jonathan Eric (Surrey, CA), Fox; James Lennox (Vancouver, CA) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | DELTA-Q TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
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| Appl. No.: | D/535,892 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | August 11, 2015 |
| Current U.S. Class: | D13/107; D13/110 |
| Current International Class: | 1302 |
| Field of Search: | ;D13/107-110,118-119,184 ;D14/251,253,432,434 |
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Primary Examiner: Tarcza; Rosemary K
Assistant Examiner: Buckner; Nathaniel D.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP
Description
FIG. 1 is a top right-front isometric view of a battery charger showing an embodiment of our new design.
FIG. 2 is a bottom left-rear isometric view thereof.
FIG. 3 is a top left-rear isometric view thereof.
FIG. 4 is a bottom right-rear isometric view thereof.
FIG. 5 is a top left-front isometric view thereof.
FIG. 6 is a top right-rear isometric view thereof.
FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof.
FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.
FIG. 9 is a front elevational view thereof.
FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view thereof.
FIG. 11 is a left side elevational view thereof; and,
FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view thereof.
The broken lines in the figures represent portions of the article which form no part of the claim.
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