Vehicle structure

- Deere & Company
Skip to: Description  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a elevated front right-hand perspective view of the ornamental design;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of our claimed design;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of our claimed design; and,

FIG. 4 is a right side view of our claimed design.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D192869 May 1962 Przybylowicz
D218632 September 1970 Schreckengost
D218633 September 1970 Schreckengost
D311921 November 6, 1990 Popelier et al.
4342470 August 3, 1982 Matsuda
4969533 November 13, 1990 Holm et al.
5020846 June 4, 1991 Bonnett
Other references
  • John Deere Riding Mowers Dec. 1989 p. 5 frame, bottom left. Preliminary Feasibility Study, containing information generated and produced by employees of The Dow Chemical Co. and Deere & Company, pages numbered 1-205, including four sublettered pages, co-generated prior to 1 Sep. 1989 and confidentially shared between The Dow Chemical Co. and Deere & Company in the U.S.A. The Dow Chemical Co., "If Man Were Meant To Fly, God Would Have Given Him Wings, You'll Never See A Computer Small Enough To Fit On A Desk, Steel Is For Cars, Aluminum Is For Airplanes, Plastic Is For Toys", 12 pages, Apr. 1989, published in U.S.A. Deere & Company, John Deere Riding Mowers, 8 pages, 1990, published in U.S.A. Private correspondence from Eagle-Picher to a Deere & Company employee in the U.S.A., including two pages of drawings and letter, 5 pages, 18 Mar. 1987. Deere & Company, John Deere Telerobotics, vehicle illustrations, 4 pages, published in U.S.A. prior to 1990. General Electric Co., Systems for Automated Manufacture, 8 pages, date unknown, published in U.S.A. Carron & Company, Inkster, Mich., article entitled All-Plastic Concept Car, 3 pages, Jul. 1987, published in U.S.A. Stratime Cappello Systemes letter to Deere & Company, 10 pages, Nov. 1989, published in U.S.A. Robert J. Cleereman, Effective Use of Polymers in Durable Goods, 22 pages, 7 Mar. 1988, published in U.S.A.
Patent History
Patent number: D338473
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 14, 1991
Date of Patent: Aug 17, 1993
Assignee: Deere & Company (Moline, IL)
Inventors: Jon M. Patterson (Wauwatosa, WI), Wayne R. Hutchison (Mayville, WI), Eugene G. Hayes (Beaver Dam, WI), Daniel A. Sebben (West Bend, WI), Richard D. Teal (Horicon, WI), Steven C. Wasson (Midland, MI), David R. Daniel (Midland, MI), Earl T. Moore (Midland, MI), Mansour Mirdamadi (Midland, MI), Luis Lorenzo (Midland, MI), Michael J. Coffey (Sanford, MI), Robert J. Cleereman (Midland, MI), James H. Weitz (Ridgewood, NJ), Daniel R. Nickles (Monroe, NY)
Primary Examiner: Bernard Ansher
Assistant Examiner: Sandra Morris
Application Number: 7/715,174
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (D15/17)