Portion of automotive vehicle having a convertible roof
United States Patent D406792
US Patent References:
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Haughey - June, 1889 - 0404405

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Freeman - May, 1916 - 1184734

Motor-vehicle top
Selje - February, 1930 - 1748736

Convertible automobile top
Ellerbeck - December, 1930 - 1784279

Automobile body construction
Wagner - January, 1935 - 1988346


Inventors:
Alexander, Michael P. (Ile, MI)
Ito, Christopher I. (Canton, MI)
Kirschner, Darin (Stevenson Ranch, CA)
Application Number:
D/069286
Publication Date:
03/16/1999
Filing Date:
03/25/1997
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Assignee:
ASC Incorporated (Southgate, MI)
Primary Class:
D12/86
Field of Search:
D12/86, D12/90-92, 296/107, 296/108, 296/116, 296/117, 296/118, 296/100, 296/185, 296/201, 296/136, 280/756
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Primary Examiner:
Brown, Melody N.
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
Claims:
1. The ornamental design for a portion of an automotive vehicle having aconvertible roof, as shown and described.

Description:

FIG. 1 a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of an automotive vehicle having a convertible roof section stowed in a substantially horizontal position with a rear portion of the roof section hidden by a cover; the opposite view of the viehicle is a symmetrically mirrored image of the figure shown; and,

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the portion of the automotive vehicle having a convertible roof section stowed in a substantially horizontal position with the rear portion of the roof section hidden by the cover.

The broken lines shown in FIG. 1 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.