Mini ball rack with five poles

- Suncast Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the mini ball rack with five poles invention;

FIG. 2 is an front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right end view, the left end view thereof forming a mirror image of said right side and thus is not shown; and

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a back view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along line 7--7 of FIG. 1.

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Patent History
Patent number: D393961
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 5, 1996
Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
Assignee: Suncast Corporation (Batavia, IL)
Inventors: Stephen P. Whitehead (Elgin, IL), Torrence Anderson (Naperville, IL), Michael G. Uffner (Naperville, IL)
Primary Examiner: Susan J. Lucas
Assistant Examiner: Jennifer Rivard
Attorney: Thomas W. Tolpin
Application Number: 0/51,180
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/6464; Signs Or Display Forms (D20/10); Attachable To Vertical Surface Or Hanging Type (D20/42)
International Classification: 2002;