Aerial vehicle

- Amazon
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top view of an aerial vehicle.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the aerial vehicle of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the aerial vehicle of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the aerial vehicle of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the aerial vehicle of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the aerial vehicle of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the aerial vehicle of FIG. 1.

The evenly spaced broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the aerial vehicle that form no part of the claimed design. The dot-dash broken lines in the drawings depict environmental subject matter only and form no part thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for an aerial vehicle as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1086970
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 17, 2021
Date of Patent: Aug 5, 2025
Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Inventors: Louis Leroi LeGrand, III (Seattle, WA), Gur Kimchi (Seattle, WA), Dominic Timothy Shiosaki (Seattle, WA), Ricky Dean Welsh (Seattle, WA)
Primary Examiner: Marissa J. Cash
Assistant Examiner: William B Melliar
Application Number: 29/774,566