Furniture article Patent Grant Bergmann , et al. November 17, 2 [HERMAN MILLER, INC.]

Furniture article

Bergmann , et al. November 17, 2

Patent Grant D901921

U.S. patent number D901,921 [Application Number D/677,023] was granted by the patent office on 2020-11-17 for furniture article. This patent grant is currently assigned to HERMAN MILLER, INC.. The grantee listed for this patent is HERMAN MILLER, INC.. Invention is credited to Martin Bergmann, Gernot Bohmann, Harald Grundl.

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United States Patent	D901,921
Bergmann , et al.	November 17, 2020

Furniture article

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for a furniture article, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Bergmann; Martin (Vienna, AT), Bohmann; Gernot (Vienna, AT), Grundl; Harald (Vienna, AT)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
HERMAN MILLER, INC.	Zeeland	MI	US

Assignee:

HERMAN MILLER, INC. (Zeeland, MI)

Appl. No.:

D/677,023

Filed:

January 16, 2019

Current U.S. Class:	D6/369
Current International Class:	0601
Field of Search:	;D6/381,334,689,691.3,369,371,370,347,332,377,685,686,687,688.21,688.26,688,691,688.15,346,337,357,361,349,691.4,691.6,692.3,695.2,372,373,374,375,376,379,380,716,716.1,714.4,382,283,500,502,364,716.4,360,348,4,677,341,350,352,353,717,358,708.16,336,362,363,365 ;297/217.1,440.1,440.21,452.14

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Primary Examiner: Hill; Keli L
Assistant Examiner: Sahneh; Sara S
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a furniture article embodying the invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the furniture article of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the furniture article of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a top view of the furniture article of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the furniture article of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a first side view of the furniture article of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a second side view of the furniture article of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a furniture article according to another embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the furniture article of FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the furniture article of FIG. 8.

FIG. 11 is a top view of the furniture article of FIG. 8.

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the furniture article of FIG. 8.

FIG. 13 is a first side view of the furniture article of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 14 is a second side view of the furniture article of FIG. 8.

Portions of the furniture article shown in broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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