Patent
   D742676
Priority
Sep 20 2012
Filed
Feb 19 2015
Issued
Nov 10 2015
Expiry
Nov 10 2029
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
21
583
n/a
We claim the ornamental design for the chair, as shows and described.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a chair embodying the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the chair;

FIG. 3 is a first side view of the chair;

FIG. 4 is a second side view of the chair;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the chair;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the chair; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the chair.

The broken lines shown in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

Ludwig, James N., Battey, Robert J., Holdredge, Russell T., Krupiczewicz, Todd D., Brock, Nathan R., Peterson, Gordon J., Smith, Bruce M., Löw, Glen Oliver

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