Checkered pattern on a gun stock

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Description

FIG. 1 is an environmental perspective view of a checkered pattern on a gun stock according to the present invention with other parts of the gun shown in dashed lines and therefore not forming part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a left side, close-up view of the checkered pattern on a gun stock while the gun is pointing to the left, with the right side close-up view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of a second embodiment of the checkered pattern on a gun stock shown in FIG. 2, the only difference being the angle at which the checkered pattern on a gun stock lines cross each other; and,

FIG. 7 is a left side view of a third embodiment of the checkered pattern on a gun stock shown in FIG. 2, the only difference being the angle at which the checkered pattern on a gun stock lines cross each other.

All broken lines in the above figures are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

The checkered pattern on a gun stock shown within the claimed boundary on the stock repeats continuously within the entire boundary.

FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate a second and third embodiment of the checkered pattern on a gun stock respectively. The claimed boundaries for the checkered pattern a gun stock patterns of these embodiments are exactly the same as the claimed boundaries shown for the first embodiment of FIGS. 1-5. The only difference in the different embodiment is the angle at which the checkered pattern on a gun stock lines cross each other.

Claims

The ornamental design for a checkered pattern on a gun stock, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
435833 September 1890 Hockett
779461 January 1905 Benton
1367996 February 1921 Sussman
1703464 February 1929 Wilshire
1785977 December 1930 Pruyn
2432519 December 1947 Garand
D300057 February 28, 1989 Ruger et al.
D304223 October 24, 1989 Ruger et al.
Other references
  • Copy of catalog (undated) of Merkel Shotguns of Trussville, Alabama prior art.
  • Copy of catalog (undated) of Merkel Shotguns of Trussville, Alabama prior art.
  • Copy of catalog (undated) of SKB Shotguns of Omaha, Nebraska prior art.
  • Copy of 2000 catalog of Merkel Shotguns of Trussville, Alabama.
Patent History
Patent number: D476392
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 6, 2002
Date of Patent: Jun 24, 2003
Assignee: Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (Southport, CT)
Inventors: James McGarry (Prescott Valley, AZ), William B. Ruger, Jr. (Newport, NH)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: Monica A. Weingart
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Pennie & Edmonds LL
Application Number: 29/156,741
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Firearm Element Or Attachment (D22/108)
International Classification: 2201;