Buckle and tang Patent Grant Vandenbussche , et al. Sept [Fitbit, Inc.]

Buckle and tang

Vandenbussche , et al. Sept

Patent Grant D860037

U.S. patent number D860,037 [Application Number D/630,472] was granted by the patent office on 2019-09-17 for buckle and tang. This patent grant is currently assigned to Fitbit, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Fitbit, Inc.. Invention is credited to Jonah Avram Becker, Chadwick John Harber, Brian Dennis Paschke, Gregoire Ludovic Vincent Vandenbussche.

United States Patent	D860,037
Vandenbussche , et al.	September 17, 2019

Buckle and tang

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for a buckle and tang, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Vandenbussche; Gregoire Ludovic Vincent (San Francisco, CA), Harber; Chadwick John (San Francisco, CA), Paschke; Brian Dennis (San Francisco, CA), Becker; Jonah Avram (San Francisco, CA)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Fitbit, Inc.	San Francisco	CA	US

Assignee:

Fitbit, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)

Appl. No.:

D/630,472

Filed:

December 21, 2017

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29625052	Nov 7, 2017	D843864

Current U.S. Class:	D11/94
Current International Class:	1101
Field of Search:	;D11/1-3,6-12,16,24-28,34-43,70,75,79,86-87,93-94 ;D10/30-32

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Primary Examiner: Bennett; Zenia I
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Polson Intellectual Property Law, PC Polson; Margaret

Description

FIG. 1 depicts an isometric view of a buckle and tang.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a back view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is the other side view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is an off-angle view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 depicts an isometric view of the buckle of the band portion without the tang.

FIG. 10 depicts a top view of the buckle of the band portion without the tang.

FIG. 11 depicts an isometric view of the tang of the band portion without the buckle.

FIG. 12 depicts an off-angle view of the tang of the band portion without the buckle.

FIG. 13 depicts a top view of the tang of the band portion without the buckle.

FIG. 14 is an off-angle view of buckle and tang which are shown with respect to a band around them; this Figure is depicted in a different scale than that of FIGS. 1-13.

FIG. 15 is another off-angle view of the buckle and tang which are shown with respect to the band located around them and which is rendered using broken lines and a lack of shading to indicate that the band portion is unclaimed environmental structure; this Figure is depicted in a different scale than that of FIGS. 1-13.

FIG. 16 is yet another off-angle view of the buckle and tang which are shown with respect to the band ; this Figure is depicted in a different scale than that of FIGS. 1-13.

FIG. 17 is an off-angle view of the buckle and tang which are shown with respect to a first band , and a second band of a wristband, and a low-profile fitness tracker; and,

FIG. 18 is another off-angle view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 17; again, the buckle and tang are shown with respect to the first band, and the second band, and a low-profile fitness tracker.

Stipple shading is used in all of the accompanying Figures to convey surface contouring and not texture. The broken lines shown in the drawings illustrate portions of the buckle and tang or environmental material that form no part of the claimed design. Surfaces that do not include stipple shading and are bounded, at least in part, by broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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