Grommet

- Herman Miller, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a grommet showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 7--7 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 8--8 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 9--9 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 10--10 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view of a third embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a top plan view of a fourth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 16 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a top plan view of a fifth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 18 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a top plan view of a sixth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 20 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a top plan view of a seventh embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 22 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a top plan view of an eighth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 24 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a top plan view of a ninth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 26 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 27 is a top plan view of a tenth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 28 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 29 is a top plan view of an eleventh embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 30 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 31 is a top plan view of a twelfth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 32 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 33 is a perspective view of a thirteenth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 34 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 35 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 36 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 37 is a right side elevational view thereof with the left side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 38 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 38--38 of FIG. 34;

FIG. 39 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 39--39 of FIG. 34;

FIG. 40 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 40--40 of FIG. 34;

FIG. 41 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 41--41 of FIG. 34;

FIG. 42 is a sectional view thereof taken along line 42--42 of FIG. 34;

FIG. 43 is a top plan view of a fourteenth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 44 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 45 is a top plan view of a fifthteenth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 46 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 47 is a top plan view of a sixthteenth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 48 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 49 is a top plan view of a seventeenth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 50 is a perspective view thereof

FIG. 51 is a top plan view of an eighteenth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 52 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 53 is a top plan view of a nineteenth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 54 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 55 is a top plan view of a twentieth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 56 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 57 is a top plan view of a twenty-first embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 58 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 59 is a top plan view of a twenty-second embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 60 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 61 is a top plan view of a twenty-third embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 62 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 63 is a top plan view of a twenty-fourth embodiment of the design shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 64 is a perspective view thereof.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D276311 November 13, 1984 Cournoyer et al.
4520976 June 4, 1985 Cournoyer et al.
Foreign Patent Documents
2117471 September 1983 GBX
Patent History
Patent number: D328561
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 8, 1990
Date of Patent: Aug 11, 1992
Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc. (Zeeland, MI)
Inventor: Ronald Simonton (Stonington, CT)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: H. Baynham
Law Firm: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett
Application Number: 7/461,798
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/8356; D/8354