Shock tower for a model vehicle
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Patent Grant D839363
U.S. patent number D839,363 [Application Number D/540,010] was granted by the patent office on 2019-01-29 for shock tower for a model vehicle. This patent grant is currently assigned to TRAXXAS LLP. The grantee listed for this patent is TRAXXAS LP. Invention is credited to Otto Karl Allmendinger, Adam Cole Ewing, Kent Poteet.
| United States Patent | D839,363 |
| Ewing , et al. | January 29, 2019 |
Shock tower for a model vehicle
Claims
CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for a shock tower for a model vehicle, as shown and described.
| Inventors: | Ewing; Adam Cole (McKinney, TX), Allmendinger; Otto Karl (Rowlett, TX), Poteet; Kent (Lucas, TX) | ||||||||||
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| Assignee: | TRAXXAS LLP (McKinney,
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| Appl. No.: | D/540,010 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | September 18, 2015 |
| Current U.S. Class: | D21/561 |
| Current International Class: | 2101 |
| Field of Search: | ;D21/495,502,561,562 ;446/103 ;280/124.155,124.139 |
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Primary Examiner: Webster; Robin V
Assistant Examiner: Wilson; Keith J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wright; Daryl R. Carr; Greg
Description
FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a shock tower for a model vehicle;
FIG. 2 is front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a top, left, front perspective view thereof; and,
FIG. 6 is a top, left, front environmental use perspective view of a shock tower for a model vehicle.
Structural elements depicted by broken lines have been shown for the purpose of illustrating portions of the shock tower for a model vehicle or its environment that form no part of the claimed design.
The appearance of the right side of the shock tower for a model vehicle is a mirror image of the left side of the shock tower for a model vehicle.
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