Chair

- Herman Miller, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a chair;

FIG. 2 shows a right side view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows a left side view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 shows a front view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 shows a rear view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 shows a top view of the chair of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 shows a bottom view of the chair of FIG. 1.

Any broken lines in FIGS. 1-7 are for environmental purposes only and form no part of the claimed designs. The bottom view of the chair of FIG. 7 is flat and unornamented.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for the chair, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D761048
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 13, 2015
Date of Patent: Jul 12, 2016
Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc. (Zeeland, MI)
Inventors: Yves Behar (San Francisco, CA), Qin Li (South San Francisco, CA), Naoya Edahiro (San Francisco, CA), Noah Murphy-Reinhertz (San Francisco, CA), Diana Chang (San Francisco, CA), Matthew Malone (San Francisco, CA), Casey Doran Lewis (Highland, UT)
Primary Examiner: Mimosa De
Application Number: 29/542,349
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D6/716