Hard case

- AOB Products Company
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hard case of the present design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged partial cross section view of the hard case taken in the plane of line 3-3 of FIG. 2, shown separate from the hard case;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial front perspective view of the hard case, shown separate from the hard case;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial rear perspective view of the hard case, shown separate from the hard case;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the claimed design, shown applied to a different hard case;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the claimed design, shown applied to a different hard case;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the claimed design shown applied to the hard case of FIGS. 1 and 2 and with additional, environmental hard cases; and,

FIG. 11 is a top plan view thereof.

The uniformly broken lines represent portions of the hard case that form no part of the claimed design; the dash-dot broken lines represent the bounds of the claimed design and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a hard case, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1109528
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 22, 2023
Date of Patent: Jan 20, 2026
Assignee: AOB Products Company (Columbia, MO)
Inventors: Daniel Jennings (Columbia, MO), Michael Cottrell (Ashland, MO), Michael Lindsay (Columbia, MO)
Primary Examiner: Garth Rademaker
Assistant Examiner: Jillian Mazzola
Application Number: 29/917,935
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D3/322; D3/905