Headboard

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective of a headboard for the furniture embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation thereof; and,

FIG. 4 is a side elevation thereof with the opposite side elevation thereof being a mirror image thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D396977
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 2, 1997
Date of Patent: Aug 18, 1998
Assignee: Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. (Arcadia, WI)
Inventors: Ronald G. Wanek (Arcadia, WI), John J. Amell (La Crosse, WI)
Primary Examiner: Janice E. Seeger
Law Firm: Peterson, Wicks, Nemer & Kamrath, P.A.
Application Number: 0/64,484
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/6505; D6/384
International Classification: 0601;