Ecology tab

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of the ecology tab;

FIG. 2 is another top perspective view of the ecology tab;

FIG. 3 is a bottom perspective view of the ecology tab;

FIG. 4 is another bottom perspective view of the ecology tab;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the ecology tab;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the ecology tab;

FIG. 7 is a side elevation view of the ecology tab;

FIG. 8 is a section view taken in the direction of line 8-8 shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a front end elevation view of the ecology tab; and,

FIG. 10 is a back end elevation view of the ecology tab.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the ecology tab that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for an ecology tab, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D977970
Type: Grant
Filed: May 25, 2022
Date of Patent: Feb 14, 2023
Assignee: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC (Centennial, CO)
Inventors: Dennis Cornelius Stammen (Brookville, OH), Robert Joseph Will (Maria Stein, OH), Christopher Lawrence Macke (Sidney, OH), Patrick Kevin McCarty (Dayton, OH), Robert Herbert Brussell (New Bremen, OH), Greg Scott Williams (Wapakoneta, OH), Steven Todd Albright (Covington, OH)
Primary Examiner: Darcey E Gottschalk
Application Number: 29/839,989
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/438