Ballast hanging bracket Patent Grant Stanley June 7, 2 [HGCI, Inc.]

Ballast hanging bracket

Stanley June 7, 2

Patent Grant D954338

U.S. patent number D954,338 [Application Number D/689,318] was granted by the patent office on 2022-06-07 for ballast hanging bracket. This patent grant is currently assigned to HGCI, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is HGCI, Inc.. Invention is credited to John Stanley.

United States Patent	D954,338
Stanley	June 7, 2022

Ballast hanging bracket

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a ballast hanging bracket, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Stanley; John (Vancouver, WA)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
HGCI, Inc.	Las Vegas	NV	US

Assignee:

HGCI, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV)

Appl. No.:

D/689,318

Filed:

April 29, 2019

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
29590384	Jan 10, 2017	D847410
29572371	Feb 21, 2017	D779312
29533943	Jun 13, 2017	D789595

Current U.S. Class:	D26/138; D8/380
Current International Class:	2605
Field of Search:	;D26/26,27,60-66,72,92,93,94,113,138,140,152,153,155 ;D8/349,350,354,356,363,382,373,380,381,372 ;D16/242 ;D25/119,120,121,122

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Primary Examiner: Wood; Samantha
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Ulmer & Berne LLP

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ballast hanging bracket, as viewed from above, showing my new design in the context of an exemplary ballast;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the ballast hanging bracket shown in FIG. 1, as viewed from below;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view of the ballast hanging bracket shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of the ballast hanging bracket shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view of the ballast hanging bracket shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the ballast hanging bracket shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the ballast hanging bracket shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear elevation view of the ballast hanging bracket shown in FIG. 1.

The broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating the environmental structure and portions of the article, and form no part of the claimed design.

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