Grommet

- Herman Miller, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a grommet showing my new design with a pivoting wire access member thereof in a raised position;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof with a pivoting wire access member in a lowered position;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof with a pivoting wire access member in a raised position;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof with a pivoting wire access member in a lowered position;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof with a pivoting wire access member in a lowered position;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof with a pivoting wire access member in a raised position;

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view thereof with a pivoting wire access member in a lowered position;

FIG. 8 is a rear elevational view thereof with a pivoting wire access member in a raised position;

FIG. 9 is a right side elevational view thereof with a pivoting wire access member in a lowered position and the left side being a mirror image of FIG. 9; and

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view thereof with the pivoting wire access member in a raised position and the left view being a mirror image of FIG. 10.

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Foreign Patent Documents
2117471 October 1983 GBX
Patent History
Patent number: D317559
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 8, 1990
Date of Patent: Jun 18, 1991
Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc. (Zeeland, MI)
Inventor: Ronald Simonton (Stonington, CT)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Holly H. Baynham
Law Firm: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett
Application Number: 7/461,799
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/8356