Basking buoy for turtles and amphibians

Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a basking buoy for turtles and amphibians showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear being the same as the front shown;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side being identical to the side shown; and

FIG. 6 is a reduced scale perspective thereof.

The broken line representation of an aquarium, water, turtles, sand, anchor and connecting line in FIG. 6 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D315230
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 8, 1990
Date of Patent: Mar 5, 1991
Inventor: Donna P. Cronk (Hampton Beach, NH)
Primary Examiner: James R. Largen
Assistant Examiner: Cathy Anne MacCormac
Law Firm: Fleit, Jacobson, Cohn, Price, Holman & Stern
Application Number: 7/461,794
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (D30/106)