Article suspension stand

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Description

FIG. 1 is an upper perspective view of the article suspension stand, according to the present invention, depicting a vertical spine and a plurality of branches extending therefrom;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the article suspension stand depicting the vertical spine and one of the branches depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the article suspension stand depicting a portion of the vertical spine and the branch shown in FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is an aerial view of the article suspension stand; and,

FIG. 5 is a front perspective view of the article suspension stand depicting a plurality of the branches shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, with fruit suspended from the branches.

The mounting bracket of the article suspension stand is shown herein merely to describe a complete article but forms no part of the design for which protection is claimed. Further, the fruit depicted in the drawings is shown herein merely to demonstrate a preferred operating mode or use of the article suspension stand. The article suspension stand can include any number of the branches shown in FIG. 3 and any number of the branches shown in FIG. 6, provided that the article suspension stand includes at least one branch.

Claims

The ornamental design for an article suspension stand, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D27313 July 1897 Bussinger
D97137 October 1935 Koch
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D298460 November 8, 1988 Pryor
D339249 September 14, 1993 Wu
D369950 May 21, 1996 LaPointe
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Patent History
Patent number: D481556
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 7, 2000
Date of Patent: Nov 4, 2003
Inventors: Pierre Hampshire (Toronto, Ontario), Don Forgay (Toronto, Ontario)
Primary Examiner: Cathron C. Brooks
Attorney, Agent or Law Firms: Robert Graham, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Application Number: 29/128,978
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D6/465; D6/468
International Classification: 0604;