Baluster end piece

- RTG Concepts LLC
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Description

A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which a claim for copyright is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but reserves all other copyright rights whatsoever.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of one embodiment of my new design for a baluster end piece.

FIG. 2 is a back side view of the embodiment of FIG. 1. The front side view is a mirror image of the back side view.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the embodiment of FIG. 2

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the embodiment of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a top end view of the embodiment of FIG. 2.

FIG. 6 is a bottom end view of the embodiment of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 7 is an example environmental view of the embodiment of FIG. 2.

The broken lines showing environment are included for the purpose of illustrating a portion of the baluster that forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a baluster end piece, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D672064
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 8, 2011
Date of Patent: Dec 4, 2012
Assignee: RTG Concepts LLC (Houston, TX)
Inventor: Eric J. Grandich (Houston, TX)
Primary Examiner: Robert Delehanty
Attorney: Gordon G. Waggett, P.C.
Application Number: 29/382,868