Activity apparatus

- The Little Tikes Company
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top left front perspective view of an activity apparatus showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top left front perspective view of the subject invention, shown with the environmental unclaimed features removed;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view of the subject invention, shown with the environmental unclaimed features removed;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view of the subject invention, shown with the environmental unclaimed features removed; and,

FIG. 11 is top plan view of the subject invention, shown with the environmental unclaimed features removed.

The broken line showing of a net in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 6 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D400948
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 13, 1997
Date of Patent: Nov 10, 1998
Assignee: The Little Tikes Company (Hudson, OH)
Inventors: Thomas E. Fish, Jr. (Wickliffe, OH), Jeffrey R. Gatto (Lyndhurst, OH)
Primary Examiner: Ted Shooman
Assistant Examiner: Mitchell I. Siegel
Attorney: Richard B. O'Planick
Application Number: 0/74,929
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D21/244
International Classification: 2103;