Patent
   D743712
Priority
Mar 15 2013
Filed
Mar 15 2013
Issued
Nov 24 2015
Expiry
Nov 24 2029
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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160
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We claim the ornamental design for the chair, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of a chair;

FIG. 2 shows a right side view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows a left side view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 shows a front view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 shows a rear view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 shows a top view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 shows a bottom view of the chair of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of a second embodiment of a chair;

FIG. 9 shows a right side view of the chair of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 shows a left side view of the chair of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 shows a front view of the chair of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 shows a rear view of the chair of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 shows a top view of the chair of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 14 shows a bottom view of the chair of FIG. 8.

Any broken lines in FIGS. 1-14 are for environmental purposes only and form no part of the claimed designs. The ornamental designs which are claimed are shown in solid lines in the drawings. For the bottom views of the chair of FIGS. 7 and 14, the areas devoid of shading or phantom lines are flat and devoid of ornamentation.

Behar, Yves, Li, Qin, Malone, Matthew, Chang, Diana, Murphy-Reinhertz, Noah, Edahiro, Naoya, Lewis, Casey Doran

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