Patent
   D679517
Priority
Jan 10 2011
Filed
Nov 08 2012
Issued
Apr 09 2013
Expiry
Apr 09 2027
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a seating unit, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a top, front, right perspective view of a seating unit embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of the right side shown;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an exploded bottom, front, right perspective assembly view of seat and base components thereof;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged bottom, front perspective view of the seat component thereof; shown separately for completeness of disclosure;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged top, front, right perspective view of the base component thereof; shown separately for completeness of disclosure;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged exploded top, front, right perspective assembly view of the sub-components of the base component thereof; shown separately for ease of illustration;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged top plan view of the base component thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the base component thereof.

The broken line representations in FIGS. 4 and 7 are assembly lines, and thus form no part of the claimed design.

Overthun, Thomas, Ludwig, James N., Deevers, Nickolaus William Charles, Oberwelz, Elger, Machin, Keith Robert, Corcorran, Sean M., Battey, David J.

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