Support apparatus

Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a support apparatus showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view thereof.

The broken lines are for the purposes of illustrating the environment of the article only and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a support apparatus, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
169383 November 1875 Starr
230851 August 1880 Anthony
259957 June 1882 White
368426 August 1887 Ruttmann et al.
D18940 February 1889 Jackson
414962 November 1889 Anderson
438238 October 1890 Jefferies et al.
566361 August 1896 White
688623 December 1901 Forry
730062 June 1903 Widmer
742453 October 1903 Lake
824596 June 1906 Smith
958052 May 1910 Williams
1309375 June 1919 Taylor
1376593 May 1921 Tuttle
1574899 March 1926 Kellogg
1612148 December 1926 Oettinger
1672605 June 1928 Dobrick
1673205 June 1928 Romao
1684912 September 1928 Dunklau
1863756 June 1932 Lufkin
1970624 August 1934 Recker
D120114 April 1940 Waechter
2196338 April 1940 McDaniel
D137960 May 1944 Hagar
D139445 November 1944 Barger
2630342 March 1953 Gilmont
2652221 September 1953 Kampa
2662164 December 1953 Murray
2727708 December 1955 Lorenzen
2754616 July 1956 Law
2767003 October 1956 Gilmont
2817548 December 1957 Uthemann
2902592 September 1959 Cole et al.
3191484 June 1965 Walling
3290770 December 1966 Silverman et al.
3338539 August 1967 Foster
3405587 October 1968 Meazzi et al.
3463520 August 1969 Turro
3495853 February 1970 Furrer
3514066 May 1970 Singleton et al.
3514091 May 1970 Johnson et al.
3526380 September 1970 Tong
3535976 October 1970 Osuga
3576149 April 1971 Slingerland, Jr.
3603623 September 1971 Widman
3604734 September 1971 Friedman et al.
3704645 December 1972 Grauso et al.
3709454 January 1973 Hyde
3711054 January 1973 Bauer
3737137 June 1973 Sheehan
D229132 November 1973 Uroshevich
3788587 January 1974 Stemmler
3804355 April 1974 Uroshevich
3823245 July 1974 Suzuki
3843083 October 1974 Antiguad
2433594 December 1974 Calo
3881675 May 1975 Matchett
D236227 August 1975 Kester
3945291 March 23, 1976 Zickos
3958786 May 25, 1976 Mann
3981491 September 21, 1976 Snyder
3989211 November 2, 1976 Gundlach
3989321 November 2, 1976 McCloskey
3997724 December 14, 1976 Seebinger
4010922 March 8, 1977 Heller et al.
4061302 December 6, 1977 Boone
4078757 March 14, 1978 Waters
4102219 July 25, 1978 Plamper
4108423 August 22, 1978 Skubal
4111575 September 5, 1978 Hoshino
4140415 February 20, 1979 Koyamato
4141272 February 27, 1979 Yanagisawa
4158981 June 26, 1979 Kurosaki
4185936 January 29, 1980 Takahaski
4227049 October 7, 1980 Thompson et al.
D257987 January 20, 1981 Schoenig
4307864 December 29, 1981 Benoit
4321874 March 30, 1982 Cenna
D264852 June 8, 1982 Schoenig
4352480 October 5, 1982 Gathright
4357651 November 2, 1982 Mayer
D268458 April 5, 1983 Schoenig
4397088 August 9, 1983 Hampel
4405107 September 20, 1983 Clyburn
4408924 October 11, 1983 Huebner
4430017 February 7, 1984 Stefancich
4445415 May 1, 1984 Izquierdo
4453446 June 12, 1984 Hoshino
4479414 October 30, 1984 Willis
4497092 February 5, 1985 Hoshino
4576501 March 18, 1986 McConnell
4579229 April 1, 1986 Porcaro et al.
4593596 June 10, 1986 Gauger
4596484 June 24, 1986 Nakatani
4606525 August 19, 1986 Lombardi
4634307 January 6, 1987 Gnaedinger et al.
D288755 March 17, 1987 Schoenig
D289952 May 26, 1987 Kido
D290355 June 16, 1987 Nagele
4669691 June 2, 1987 Solomon
4671479 June 9, 1987 Johnson et al.
4684091 August 4, 1987 Moreschi
4691610 September 8, 1987 Gilbert
4691611 September 8, 1987 May
4693161 September 15, 1987 Uhrig
4695021 September 22, 1987 Leinfelder
4697773 October 6, 1987 Jaumann et al.
4712756 December 15, 1987 Kester et al.
D295471 May 3, 1988 Lindskog
4744536 May 17, 1988 Bancalari
4744690 May 17, 1988 Hsieh
D296130 June 7, 1988 Riske
4761092 August 2, 1988 Nakatani
4763864 August 16, 1988 Healy
4763865 August 16, 1988 Danner
4768798 September 6, 1988 Reed et al.
4770380 September 13, 1988 Eason et al.
4785708 November 22, 1988 Vaughan
D298813 December 6, 1988 Borromeo
D299244 January 3, 1989 Jones et al.
4796508 January 10, 1989 Hoshino
4807837 February 28, 1989 Gawlik et al.
4818135 April 4, 1989 Desjardins
4844392 July 4, 1989 Bauer et al.
4852830 August 1, 1989 Howard et al.
4865346 September 12, 1989 Carlile
D304270 October 31, 1989 Goldman
4890531 January 2, 1990 Tischer
D306943 April 3, 1990 Hodge et al.
4917341 April 17, 1990 Pirchio
4923156 May 8, 1990 Linneusson
4946122 August 7, 1990 Ramsey et al.
4948076 August 14, 1990 Sumrell et al.
4958793 September 25, 1990 Hess
4971271 November 20, 1990 Sularz
4988064 January 29, 1991 Hoshino
4988150 January 29, 1991 Lindow et al.
5029796 July 9, 1991 Schoenig
D320034 September 17, 1991 Brooks et al.
5048789 September 17, 1991 Eason et al.
5060894 October 29, 1991 Hillinger
D321293 November 5, 1991 Kucsak
5062606 November 5, 1991 Hoshino
5063821 November 12, 1991 Battle
5069254 December 3, 1991 Vogelsang
D323081 January 14, 1992 Schaffer
5078351 January 7, 1992 Gualtieri
5109321 April 28, 1992 Maglica
D326108 May 12, 1992 Sassmannshausen
5112020 May 12, 1992 Ginsberg
5112071 May 12, 1992 Jones
D326969 June 16, 1992 Eason et al.
D328898 August 25, 1992 Christie
5140889 August 25, 1992 Segan et al.
D329342 September 15, 1992 Schoenig
5154449 October 13, 1992 Suei-Long
5161761 November 10, 1992 May
5165635 November 24, 1992 Hoshino
5169104 December 8, 1992 Kwoh
5182416 January 26, 1993 Schweizer
D332882 February 2, 1993 Graves
5188321 February 23, 1993 Hirschenson et al.
5199930 April 6, 1993 Weber
D335889 May 25, 1993 Gibran
5208736 May 4, 1993 Crooks et al.
5213296 May 25, 1993 Lee
D336099 June 1, 1993 Scheonig
5251925 October 12, 1993 Haley, Sr.
5301910 April 12, 1994 Lang et al.
D346920 May 17, 1994 Vidal
5312076 May 17, 1994 Rogov
5322250 June 21, 1994 Wilhite
5337646 August 16, 1994 Austin
5340066 August 23, 1994 Ditch
5358204 October 25, 1994 Terada
D353729 December 27, 1994 MacOwan
5375497 December 27, 1994 Pirchio et al.
5383637 January 24, 1995 Biber
5390764 February 21, 1995 Kerber
5392476 February 28, 1995 Williams
5393161 February 28, 1995 Mata et al.
D356759 March 28, 1995 Pawsat
5395088 March 7, 1995 Ginsberg
D356901 April 4, 1995 Schoenig et al.
D358048 May 9, 1995 Schoenig et al.
D360887 August 1, 1995 Karanze
5454473 October 3, 1995 Hennessey
D364281 November 21, 1995 Eason
D364516 November 28, 1995 Helenowski
5467680 November 21, 1995 Kurosaki
5467953 November 21, 1995 Malizia
5498098 March 12, 1996 Cairns
5501544 March 26, 1996 Cairns
5505413 April 9, 1996 Hennessey
5509629 April 23, 1996 Sassmannshausen et al.
5520292 May 28, 1996 Lombardi
D370575 June 11, 1996 Lechleiter et al.
5531148 July 2, 1996 Wilson
5531413 July 2, 1996 Wolf et al.
D372691 August 13, 1996 Eason
5565889 October 15, 1996 Crooks et al.
D375639 November 19, 1996 House et al.
5570968 November 5, 1996 Sassmannshausen et al.
5572237 November 5, 1996 Crooks et al.
5603480 February 18, 1997 Chen
5645253 July 8, 1997 Hoshino
5660364 August 26, 1997 Hsieh
D383967 September 23, 1997 DeMars
5664756 September 9, 1997 Liao
5667185 September 16, 1997 Maglica
5669695 September 23, 1997 Parker et al.
D390953 February 17, 1998 Ward et al.
5713547 February 3, 1998 Yu
5713553 February 3, 1998 Cooper
5726369 March 10, 1998 Gilday
5732928 March 31, 1998 Chang
5738326 April 14, 1998 Liao
5744738 April 28, 1998 Gatzen
5746741 May 5, 1998 Kraus et al.
D396579 August 4, 1998 Kalayjian
5803642 September 8, 1998 Sassmannhausen
5804747 September 8, 1998 Chen
D400565 November 3, 1998 Ahl
D400735 November 10, 1998 House et al.
5833051 November 10, 1998 Tiefenbrun et al.
5857649 January 12, 1999 Eason
5860728 January 19, 1999 Maglica
5881667 March 16, 1999 Herbert
5894406 April 13, 1999 Blend et al.
5895874 April 20, 1999 Liao
D409020 May 4, 1999 Hardin
D409594 May 11, 1999 Lepack
5899627 May 4, 1999 Dobrovolny
D411698 June 29, 1999 Kalayjian
5911523 June 15, 1999 Burchart
5926961 July 27, 1999 Uhl
5929355 July 27, 1999 Adinolfi
5934628 August 10, 1999 Bosnakovic
D413995 September 14, 1999 Lee et al.
5949008 September 7, 1999 Augsburger
5949009 September 7, 1999 Chen
D414962 October 12, 1999 Welsh
5973248 October 26, 1999 Chen
D416464 November 16, 1999 Eason
5979856 November 9, 1999 Hsu
5996814 December 7, 1999 Workman et al.
D421447 March 7, 2000 Eason et al.
6045179 April 4, 2000 Harrison
6054645 April 25, 2000 Gauger
6062396 May 16, 2000 Eason
6070835 June 6, 2000 Stillinger
6073903 June 13, 2000 Lindsay
6075190 June 13, 2000 Mosser et al.
6093878 July 25, 2000 Hoshino
2096956 August 2000 Hoshino
6121527 September 19, 2000 Hamm
6121538 September 19, 2000 Yoshino et al.
D435365 December 26, 2000 Eason et al.
6189229 February 20, 2001 Thomas et al.
D438783 March 13, 2001 Elliott
D445274 July 24, 2001 Gasmi
6260812 July 17, 2001 Auke
6264396 July 24, 2001 Dobrovolny
6271458 August 7, 2001 Yoshino et al.
6283421 September 4, 2001 Eason et al.
D450339 November 13, 2001 Eason
6312184 November 6, 2001 Hoshino
D451494 December 4, 2001 Oikawa
6338738 January 15, 2002 Bellotti et al.
6343802 February 5, 2002 Workman et al.
6344605 February 5, 2002 Liao
6346665 February 12, 2002 Liao
D454263 March 12, 2002 Worrall
6375135 April 23, 2002 Eason et al.
6384308 May 7, 2002 Hoshino
6386786 May 14, 2002 Perlman et al.
6394408 May 28, 2002 Henderson et al.
6484977 November 26, 2002 Yu
D468133 January 7, 2003 Lauts
D470336 February 18, 2003 Malizia
6513774 February 4, 2003 Hailson
6513846 February 4, 2003 McCauley
6520465 February 18, 2003 Sack et al.
D471891 March 18, 2003 Oikawa
6536720 March 25, 2003 Yu
6557878 May 6, 2003 Chen
6563035 May 13, 2003 Hsieh
D475555 June 10, 2003 Lauts
D476290 June 24, 2003 Gates et al.
6581892 June 24, 2003 Carnevali
6588637 July 8, 2003 Gates et al.
6610916 August 26, 2003 Torrez
6619598 September 16, 2003 DeMiranda
D481563 November 4, 2003 Hsieh
6653540 November 25, 2003 Izen et al.
6666427 December 23, 2003 Hennessey
6670536 December 30, 2003 Godin et al.
6676570 January 13, 2004 Valentino
6695268 February 24, 2004 Hsieh
D488803 April 20, 2004 Chin
6719257 April 13, 2004 Greene et al.
6722810 April 20, 2004 Tachikawa
D492587 July 6, 2004 Eason
D493363 July 27, 2004 Eason
6789772 September 14, 2004 Eason
D497904 November 2, 2004 Dardashti
6814332 November 9, 2004 Eason
6830225 December 14, 2004 Kato
6830227 December 14, 2004 Nakatani
D506219 June 14, 2005 Eason
D506918 July 5, 2005 Nakajima
6988696 January 24, 2006 Attee
D515555 February 21, 2006 Liang
7005568 February 28, 2006 Hsieh
7007901 March 7, 2006 Kondo
7007909 March 7, 2006 Hsieh
7055910 June 6, 2006 Wright
7191988 March 20, 2007 Kim et al.
D547643 July 31, 2007 Ratajczek et al.
7258320 August 21, 2007 Tai
D555946 November 27, 2007 DeJule
D557035 December 11, 2007 Huang
D560847 January 29, 2008 Ladewig
7320449 January 22, 2008 Hsieh
D562307 February 19, 2008 Warden
D567547 April 29, 2008 Gauger
7384078 June 10, 2008 Cobb et al.
7412069 August 12, 2008 Workman et al.
D576870 September 16, 2008 Eason et al.
D578103 October 7, 2008 Matsuoka
D578940 October 21, 2008 Tsay et al.
D579926 November 4, 2008 Whitworth
D579927 November 4, 2008 Whitworth
D580262 November 11, 2008 Eason et al.
D581697 December 2, 2008 Fix
D581698 December 2, 2008 Fix
D582697 December 16, 2008 Goodman et al.
7468480 December 23, 2008 Sikra
D585432 January 27, 2009 Baker
D589151 March 24, 2009 Sabio
7534965 May 19, 2009 Thompson
7560633 July 14, 2009 Wang
D601817 October 13, 2009 Barbieri
7628360 December 8, 2009 Anthes et al.
7632999 December 15, 2009 Wilkerson
7637686 December 29, 2009 Wood et al.
D613092 April 6, 2010 Eason et al.
D623331 September 7, 2010 Rotwitt
D624865 October 5, 2010 Figueiredo
7805881 October 5, 2010 Kavanaugh
D626494 November 2, 2010 Gates et al.
7928304 April 19, 2011 Eason et al.
D639088 June 7, 2011 Rodgers et al.
D643230 August 16, 2011 Hepeng
D646501 October 11, 2011 Hepeng
D646505 October 11, 2011 Eason
8075217 December 13, 2011 Eason
D652190 January 10, 2012 Slaton et al.
8106278 January 31, 2012 Eason et al.
D667819 September 25, 2012 Slaton
D694466 November 26, 2013 Kjaergaard
D707475 June 24, 2014 Triato
D711307 August 19, 2014 Fair
D713302 September 16, 2014 Williams
D716592 November 4, 2014 Belitz
D718963 December 9, 2014 Hazlett
D720178 December 30, 2014 Thurin et al.
D722309 February 10, 2015 Green et al.
D725793 March 31, 2015 Nosworthy
D729596 May 19, 2015 Hauser et al.
20010020668 September 13, 2001 Thomas et al.
20020030146 March 14, 2002 Akaike
20020100852 August 1, 2002 Eason et al.
20020109051 August 15, 2002 Kitagawa et al.
20020169460 November 14, 2002 Foster
20020194979 December 26, 2002 Hsieh
20030052237 March 20, 2003 Yu
20030140766 July 31, 2003 Izen et al.
20030178544 September 25, 2003 Anderson
20040144233 July 29, 2004 Hsieh
20040175013 September 9, 2004 Gleissner
20040245416 December 9, 2004 Atlee
20050035247 February 17, 2005 Roberts et al.
20060060113 March 23, 2006 Chang
20060175523 August 10, 2006 Tai
20060177260 August 10, 2006 Liao
20060185495 August 24, 2006 Hsieh
20060198628 September 7, 2006 Knightlinger
20070001413 January 4, 2007 Rossini
20070262567 November 15, 2007 Benson et al.
20080078914 April 3, 2008 Liao
20080135697 June 12, 2008 Workman et al.
20080229901 September 25, 2008 Eason et al.
20080247810 October 9, 2008 Eason
20080253601 October 16, 2008 Hilderman
20090215545 August 27, 2009 King et al.
20100042111 February 18, 2010 Qureshi
20100116121 May 13, 2010 Eason
20100163693 July 1, 2010 Wang
20100181444 July 22, 2010 Wang
20100243828 September 30, 2010 Lippert et al.
20100301188 December 2, 2010 Schimelfenyg
20100313735 December 16, 2010 Steinhause et al.
20110154975 June 30, 2011 Belitz et al.
20110239844 October 6, 2011 Eason et al.
20110271516 November 10, 2011 Slaton
Foreign Patent Documents
9520107 July 1995 WO
2004065841 August 2004 WO
2004066667 August 2004 WO
20050070132 April 2005 WO
20050067541 July 2005 WO
2005070123 August 2005 WO
2005070184 August 2005 WO
2006073383 July 2006 WO
2008134653 November 2008 WO
2009091929 July 2009 WO
2010083333 July 2010 WO
2011088238 July 2011 WO
Other references
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 1993 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 1994 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 1996 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 1998 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 1999 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 2000 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 2001 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 2002 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 2003 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 2004 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 2005 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 2008 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Ultimate Support Systems, Inc. 2010 Product Catalog (Music Stand Edition).
  • Konig & Meyer Spider Keyboard Stand, audioMIDI.com Dec. 28, 2004.
  • Gibraltar Hardware, “Rack Factory” #GRS400C, Gibraltarhardware.com, Jan. 9, 2004, 2 pages.
  • Gibraltar Hardware, “Rack Factory” GRS400C, Gibraltarhardware.com, Oct. 25, 2004, 2 pages, Ride/Crash Overhead Station and Xhat to boom and Rack Options.
  • Gibraltar Hardware, “Rack Factory” GRS400C, Gibraltarhardware.com, Oct. 25, 2004, 2 pages, MiniSnare on Curved Support Tube Option.
  • Gibraltar Hardware, “Rack Factory” GRS400C and GRS150C, Gibraltarhardware.com, Oct. 25, 2004, 2 pages, Boom Arm to Rack and Multi-Cymbal Overhead Station Options.
  • Gibraltar Hardware, “Rack Factory” GRS250C, Gibraltarhardware.com, Oct. 25, 2004, 2 pages, MultiCymbal Setup to rack, Mini Timbale to Rack, Tambourine to Open Tube, and Percussion Table to Open Tube Options.
  • Gibraltar Hardware, “Rack Factory” GRS350C, Gibraltarhardware.com, Oct. 25, 2004, 2 pages, Triple Cymbal Station to Rack and Large Tom to Rack Options.
  • Pintech, USA, Control the Sound with America's E Drum Color Brochure, 2004, 5 pages.
  • Roland Corporation, roland.com MDS-10RD, printed from website as of Nov. 5, 2004.
  • Roland Corporation, roland.com MDS-8C, printed from website as of Nov. 5, 2004.
  • Roland Corporation, roland.com MDS-6, printed from website as of Nov. 5, 2004.
  • Tama Hardware, PMD300FC Power Tower System, tama.com, Jan. 9, 2004, 1 page.
  • Tama Hardware, PMD800SS Power Tower System, tama.com, Jan. 9, 2004, 2 pages.
  • Yamaha Percussion System Drum Rack, not later than Jan. 18, 2012.
Patent History
Patent number: D748937
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 22, 2013
Date of Patent: Feb 9, 2016
Assignee: Swift Distribution, LLC (Loveland, CO)
Inventors: Michael Belitz (Manhattan Beach, CA), Patrick M. Bertsch (Thornton, CO)
Primary Examiner: Kelley Donnelly
Application Number: 29/443,797
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D6/682.3