Truck dash panel exterior surface

- Freightliner Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a truck dash panel exterior surface in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an end view, looking from the left in FIG. 1, of the truck dash panel exterior surface of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an end view, looking from the right in FIG. 1, of the truck dash panel exterior surface of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the truck dash panel exterior surface of FIG. 1.

Those portions of the rear surface of the back panel exterior surface not shown in the drawings form no part of the claimed design.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D209957 January 1968 Lathers
D339786 September 28, 1993 Allendorph et al.
D375071 October 29, 1996 Darley
4471848 September 18, 1984 Skytoen
5174621 December 29, 1992 Anderson
Other references
  • Illustration of Astro 95 Heavy Truck, Design News Magazine, p. 6 Mar. 1969. Brochure for Kenworth T600A truck showing a prior art truck dashboard. Two pages from a WhiteGMC brochure depicting a prior art truck dashboard, no date given. One page from a Freightliner Corporation brochure showing an FLD 120 truck with a prior art dashboard, no date given. One page from a Freightliner Corporation brochure showing a front view of a prior art dashboard design dated Apr. 1996. Brochure for Peterbilt Model 377 truck showing a prior art dashboard, no date given.
Patent History
Patent number: D395030
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 1, 1996
Date of Patent: Jun 9, 1998
Assignee: Freightliner Corporation (Portland, OR)
Inventors: Ferdinand F. Hellhake (Beaverton, OR), Joachim Paschke (Portland, OR), Mark S. Hurayt (Aloha, OR)
Primary Examiner: James Gandy
Assistant Examiner: Robert M. Spear
Law Firm: Klarquist Sparkman Campbell Leigh & Whinston, LLP
Application Number: 0/56,544
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Instrument Panel Or Element Thereof (D12/192)
International Classification: 1216;