Support pad

- Carpenter Co.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a support pad, showing our new design broken away to indicate indeterminate width;

FIG. 2 shows a top planar view thereof without a break-away to show a representative example;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view (the left side being the same);

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 5 is an end elevational view of the closer end of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an end elevational view of the other end in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the ghost line circle region shown in FIG. 1.

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Patent History
Patent number: D433861
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 31, 1999
Date of Patent: Nov 21, 2000
Assignee: Carpenter Co. (Richmond, VA)
Inventors: Robert Rose (Richmond, VA), Ted McClure (Richmond, VA), Steve Hawkins (Richmond, VA)
Primary Examiner: Janice E. Seeger
Law Firm: Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Application Number: 0/110,056
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/6596; D6/601
International Classification: 0609;