Sidewalk tile

- TUF-TITE, INC.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a sidewalk tile of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a right elevation view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left elevation view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a rear, right, top perspective view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is cross-sectional view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1, taken along lines 8-8 of FIG. 1.

The evenly-dashed broken lines in the drawings illustrate portions of the sidewalk tile that form no part of the claimed design.

The symbolic boundary lines shown as dash-dot broken lines on two adjacent sides of the tile depict that any portion of the tile beyond these lines forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a sidewalk tile, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D796073
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 15, 2016
Date of Patent: Aug 29, 2017
Assignee: TUF-TITE, INC. (Lake Zurich, IL)
Inventor: Theodore W. Meyers (Barrington, IL)
Primary Examiner: Vy Koenig
Assistant Examiner: Kimberly Barnes
Application Number: 29/558,149
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