Commodity tank for a work vehicle

- DEERE & COMPANY
Skip to: Description  ·  Claims  ·  References Cited  · Patent History  ·  Patent History
Description

FIG. 1 is a top, rear, and left side perspective view of a left commodity tank for a work vehicle in accordance with an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevation view of the left commodity tank of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevation view of the left commodity tank of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of the left commodity tank of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevation view of the left commodity tank of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the left commodity tank of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the left commodity tank of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 8 is a top, rear, and left side perspective view of the left commodity tank of FIG. 1 showing it in a work vehicle environment.

The broken line representations in the figures show unclaimed environment or boundaries, and thus form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a commodity tank for a work vehicle, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
1472078 October 1923 Lucius
2660452 November 1953 Johnson
2743934 May 1956 Chambers et al.
3396983 August 1968 Massey et al.
3794131 February 1974 Freedman et al.
4480845 November 6, 1984 Hansen
D282921 March 11, 1986 Eureka
4643441 February 17, 1987 Schartz
D433425 November 7, 2000 Surridge
D435503 December 26, 2000 Gukeisen
6203065 March 20, 2001 Batton
6286870 September 11, 2001 Mulder et al.
D441710 May 8, 2001 Moehle
6550811 April 22, 2003 Bennett
D484893 January 6, 2004 Hsiao
6742612 June 1, 2004 Campbell et al.
D551153 September 18, 2007 Oury
D562350 February 19, 2008 Higashikawa
D564431 March 18, 2008 Orr
D588054 March 10, 2009 Xi-Ren
7523804 April 28, 2009 Tanaka et al.
D591774 May 5, 2009 Kokitkar
D644160 August 30, 2011 Fries
D644161 August 30, 2011 Fries
D647166 October 18, 2011 Kimball
D655372 March 6, 2012 Kimball
D656520 March 27, 2012 Ortlund
8172268 May 8, 2012 Komorida et al.
D663325 July 10, 2012 Thunstrom
D669099 October 16, 2012 Ringer
D694167 November 26, 2013 Forsberg
8585064 November 19, 2013 Ringer et al.
D695202 December 10, 2013 Forsberg
D713424 September 16, 2014 Gonzales
D728632 May 5, 2015 Klassen
D728633 May 5, 2015 Klassen
D772773 November 29, 2016 Andersen
D773773 December 13, 2016 Anderson et al.
D775238 December 27, 2016 Roemer
9586634 March 7, 2017 Buchanan et al.
D792479 July 18, 2017 Sasaki
D795930 August 29, 2017 Buckelew
D803756 November 28, 2017 Anderson et al.
9884662 February 6, 2018 Eavenson, Sr. et al.
D825714 August 14, 2018 Buckelew
10077145 September 18, 2018 Boucher
D835683 December 11, 2018 Zabe
D835684 December 11, 2018 Zabe
D837720 January 8, 2019 Schwalbe
D837835 January 8, 2019 Schwalbe
D872773 January 14, 2020 Wise
10526031 January 7, 2020 Freytag
D878641 March 17, 2020 Zabe
D887946 June 23, 2020 Prater
D890675 July 21, 2020 Fellman
D890816 July 21, 2020 Parzynski
D891336 July 28, 2020 Bering et al.
D900169 October 27, 2020 Boone
D901547 November 10, 2020 Gade
D901548 November 10, 2020 Mossman
D901549 November 10, 2020 Baviskar
D901550 November 10, 2020 Bjerke
D901551 November 10, 2020 Bjerke
D901552 November 10, 2020 Bjerke
D903223 November 24, 2020 Watson
D903725 December 1, 2020 Loew
D903969 December 1, 2020 Watson
20030015536 January 23, 2003 Tekulve et al.
20030111501 June 19, 2003 McGraw et al.
20070272696 November 29, 2007 Kallevig
20090223975 September 10, 2009 McCallister
20130048688 February 28, 2013 Mulder
20180273142 September 27, 2018 Mangum et al.
20190053422 February 21, 2019 Holst
20190107089 April 11, 2019 Bykowski
20190183106 June 20, 2019 Hafvenstein et al.
20190359417 November 28, 2019 d'Alessandro
20200108714 April 9, 2020 Selvaraj et al.
20200114801 April 16, 2020 Bering et al.
20200262488 August 20, 2020 Bering et al.
20200262498 August 20, 2020 Bender et al.
20200282826 September 10, 2020 Moore
20200290697 September 17, 2020 Erhard
20210105933 April 15, 2021 King et al.
Foreign Patent Documents
19730825 August 1998 DE
102007046678 April 2009 DE
102009009817 August 2010 DE
102012109085 March 2014 DE
102017201425 August 2017 DE
102017118762 February 2019 DE
102017217391 April 2019 DE
0860350 August 2003 EP
Other references
  • 8RX from John Deere, Twitter post by Willie 1701A, https://twitter.com/willie1701a/status/1369321347248234507, Mar. 9, 2021 (Year: 2021).
  • Specification and Figures for related unpublished U.S. application for Fender for Work Vehicle, U.S. Appl. No. 29/680,663, filed Feb. 19, 2019. 21 Pages.
  • Specification and Figures for related unpublished U.S. application for Vehicle Tank, U.S. Appl. No. 29/666,463, filed Oct. 12, 2018. 8 Pages.
  • Specification and Figures for related unpublished U.S. application for Work Vehicle With Support Device for Mounting a Commodity Tank and Support Device Mounting a Commodity Tank to a Work Vehicle, U.S. Appl. No. 16/805,137, filed Feb. 28, 2020. 51 Pages.
  • Non-Final Office Action for related U.S. Appl. No. 29/666,463, dated Jun. 25, 2020. 8 pages.
  • German Search Report dated Jun. 23, 2020 for Application Serial No. 102019213708.3 (8 pages).
Patent History
Patent number: D967870
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 28, 2020
Date of Patent: Oct 25, 2022
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, IL)
Inventors: Daniel J. DeBoer (Waucom, IA), Jeremy P. L'Heureux (Cedar Falls, IA), Ryan G. Brown (Waterloo, IA), Charles N. Warren (Cedar Falls, IA), Steven G. Melnyk (Des Moines, IA)
Primary Examiner: Richard Kearney
Assistant Examiner: Benjamin M Weeks
Application Number: 29/726,030
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Element Or Attachment (4) (D15/28)