Display base for spheres

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a display base for spheres showing my new design, the broken line showing of the plaque for illustrative purposes only;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, all sides being identical;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken in the direction of the arrows along line 4--4 of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 5 is a reduced side elevational view thereof, the basketball shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only.

My design has a resemblance to a stubby truncated pyramid having a square base and having a large shallow concave depression in its upper planar surface.

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Patent History
Patent number: D370868
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 27, 1995
Date of Patent: Jun 18, 1996
Inventor: Gary M. Phelps (Burnsville, MN)
Primary Examiner: Dominic Simone
Attorneys: Robert C. Baker, Jeffrey A. Proehl
Application Number: 0/35,420