Truck lower console exterior surface

- Freightliner Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the truck lower console exterior surface of the present invention, the rear surface being hidden when the truck lower console is installed for use;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the truck lower console exterior surface of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an end view, looking from the left in FIG. 1, of the truck lower console exterior surface of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is an end view, looking from the right in FIG. 1, of the truck lower console exterior surface of FIG. 1.

Those portions of the rear surface of the truck lower console exterior surface not shown in the drawings form no part of the claimed design.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D209957 January 1968 Lathers
D339786 September 28, 1993 Allendorph et al.
D375071 October 29, 1996 Darley
4471848 September 18, 1984 Skytoen
5174621 December 29, 1992 Anderson
Other references
  • Two pages from a White GMC brochure depicting a prior art truck dashboard, no date given. One page from a Freightliner Corporation brochure showing an FLD 120 truck with a prior art dashboard, no date given. One page from a Freightliner Corporation brochure showing a front view of a prior art dashboard design, dated Apr. 1996. Brochure for Kenworth T600A truck showing a prior art dashboard, Feb. 1989. Brochure for Peterbilt Model 377 truck showing a prior art dashboard, no date given. Illustration of Astro 95 Heavy Truck, Design News Magazine, p. 6, Mar. 1969 .
Patent History
Patent number: D397977
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 1, 1996
Date of Patent: Sep 8, 1998
Assignee: Freightliner Corporation (Portland, OR)
Inventors: Ferdinand F. Hellhake (Beaverton, OR), Joachim Paschke (Portland, OR), Mark S. Hurayt (Aloha, OR)
Primary Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Law Firm: Klarquist Sparkman Campbell Leigh & Whinston
Application Number: 0/56,560
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Instrument Panel Or Element Thereof (D12/192)
International Classification: 1216;