Buckle and tang

- Fitbit, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 depicts an isometric view of a buckle and tang.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a back view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is the other side view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is an off-angle view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 depicts an isometric view of the buckle of the band portion without the tang.

FIG. 10 depicts a top view of the buckle of the band portion without the tang.

FIG. 11 depicts an isometric view of the tang of the band portion without the buckle.

FIG. 12 depicts an off-angle view of the tang of the band portion without the buckle.

FIG. 13 depicts a top view of the tang of the band portion without the buckle.

FIG. 14 is an off-angle view of buckle and tang which are shown with respect to a band around them; this Figure is depicted in a different scale than that of FIGS. 1-13.

FIG. 15 is another off-angle view of the buckle and tang which are shown with respect to the band located around them and which is rendered using broken lines and a lack of shading to indicate that the band portion is unclaimed environmental structure; this Figure is depicted in a different scale than that of FIGS. 1-13.

FIG. 16 is yet another off-angle view of the buckle and tang which are shown with respect to the band ; this Figure is depicted in a different scale than that of FIGS. 1-13.

FIG. 17 is an off-angle view of the buckle and tang which are shown with respect to a first band , and a second band of a wristband, and a low-profile fitness tracker; and,

FIG. 18 is another off-angle view of the buckle and tang of FIG. 17; again, the buckle and tang are shown with respect to the first band, and the second band, and a low-profile fitness tracker.

Stipple shading is used in all of the accompanying Figures to convey surface contouring and not texture. The broken lines shown in the drawings illustrate portions of the buckle and tang or environmental material that form no part of the claimed design. Surfaces that do not include stipple shading and are bounded, at least in part, by broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a buckle and tang, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D860037
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 21, 2017
Date of Patent: Sep 17, 2019
Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Inventors: Gregoire Ludovic Vincent Vandenbussche (San Francisco, CA), Chadwick John Harber (San Francisco, CA), Brian Dennis Paschke (San Francisco, CA), Jonah Avram Becker (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Zenia I Bennett
Application Number: 29/630,472
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: End Type, I.e., For Watch Bracelet (D11/94)