Automotive service pit

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Description

This application is also related to application Ser. No. 12/914,821 filed Oct. 28, 2010. Each of these applications is hereby incorporated by reference.

FIG. 1 is a front, top, right perspective view of an end section of an automotive service pit;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevation view thereof, the left side elevation view being a mirror image duplicate;

FIG. 3 is a front side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a rear side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof.

In the drawings, the broken lines depict portions of the article that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

An automotive service pit, as shown and described.

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Other references
  • http://www.modulube.com/DSC—0037.jpg, 3pp, Lube pit, commercially available before Nov. 1, 2008.
  • New Pit Design; http://www/atlanticautomotiveequipment.com/article.php/39/52/index.html, visited Oct. 26, 2009.
Patent History
Patent number: D694699
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 4, 2012
Date of Patent: Dec 3, 2013
Inventor: Peter J. Barram (Lake Oswego, OR)
Primary Examiner: Katrina A Betton
Application Number: 29/417,539