Floor underlayment Patent Grant Larson March 20, 2 [Progress Profiles SpA]

Floor underlayment

Larson March 20, 2

Patent Grant D813421

U.S. patent number D813,421 [Application Number D/493,206] was granted by the patent office on 2018-03-20 for floor underlayment. This patent grant is currently assigned to PROGRESS PROFILES SPA. The grantee listed for this patent is Progress Profiles SpA. Invention is credited to David D. Larson.

United States Patent	D813,421
Larson	March 20, 2018

Floor underlayment

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a floor underlayment, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Larson; David D. (Golden, CO)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Progress Profiles SpA	Asolo (TV)	N/A	IT

Assignee:

PROGRESS PROFILES SPA (IT)

Appl. No.:

D/493,206

Filed:

June 6, 2014

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
12550111	Aug 28, 2009	9188348

Current U.S. Class:	D25/157
Current International Class:	2501
Field of Search:	;D25/138,139,140,141,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,142,115,118 ;D5/1,2,4,39,58,61,63,3

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Primary Examiner: Koenig; Vy N
Assistant Examiner: Barnes; Kimberly
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sheridan Ross P.C.

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a floor underlayment in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1.

The broken lines in the drawings depict features of the floor underlayment that form no part of the claimed design.

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