Baluster end piece

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • D708355
  • Patent Number
    D708,355
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, October 10, 2012
    12 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, July 1, 2014
    10 years ago
  • US Classifications
    Field of Search
    • US
    • D25 381
    • D25 42
    • D25 126
    • 052 832000
    • 256 019000
    • 256 022000
    • 256 052000
    • 256 065010
    • 256 DIG050
  • International Classifications
    • 2501
    • Term of Grant
      14Years
Abstract
Description

A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which a claim for copyright is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but reserves all other copyright rights whatsoever.



FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of my new design for a baluster end piece.



FIG. 2 is a back side view of FIG. 1. The front side view is a mirror image of the back side view.



FIG. 3 is a right side view of FIG. 2.



FIG. 4 is a left side view of FIG. 2.



FIG. 5 is a top end view of FIG. 2.



FIG. 6 is a bottom end view of FIG. 2; and,



FIG. 7 is a back view of FIG. 2.


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


Claims
  • I claim the ornamental design for a baluster end piece, as shown and described.
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Entry
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Divisions (1)
Number Date Country
Parent 29382868 Jan 2011 US
Child 29434180 US