Bench

- LANDSCAPE FORMS, INC.

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Description

This application is related to commonly assigned, co-filed U.S. design patent application Ser. No. 29/728,579, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, by Chipman et al. entitled “Bench”; U.S. design patent application Ser. No. 29/728,580, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, by Chipman et al. and entitled “Bench”; U.S. design patent application Ser. No. 29/728,581, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, by Chipman et al. and entitled “Bench”; U.S. design patent application Ser. No. 29/728,582, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, by Chipman et al. and entitled “Bench”; U.S. design patent application Ser. No. 29/728,591, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, by Chipman et al. and entitled “Bench”; U.S. design patent application Ser. No. 29/728,593, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, by Chipman et al. and entitled “Bench”; U.S. design patent application Ser. No. 29/728,594, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, by Chipman et al. and entitled “Bench”; U.S. design patent application Ser. No. 29/728,595, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, by Chipman et al. and entitled “Bench”; and U.S. design patent application Ser. No. 29/728,596, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, by Chipman et al. and entitled “Bench”; which applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bench in accordance with the new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof, a rear elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof, a left side elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is an alternative embodiment of the bench in accordance with the new design, showing a symbolic break in the width (which is the sole difference between it and FIGS. 1-5) and conveying that any appearance of any portion of the bench between the symbolic break forms no part of the claimed design.

The broken lines in the figures are included for illustrating environment and the symbolic break and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a bench, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D941068
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 19, 2020
Date of Patent: Jan 18, 2022
Assignee: LANDSCAPE FORMS, INC. (Kalamazoo, MI)
Inventors: Robert G. Chipman (West Lake Hills, TX), Site Li (Kalamazoo, MI), James M. Bucholtz (Paw Paw, MI)
Primary Examiner: Vy N Koenig
Application Number: 29/728,577
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D6/709; D6/349