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Orthodontic appliance accessory

Granted 14 Apr 1987 · no office action yet

Current assignee: 3M Unitek Corp · originally Unitek Corporation

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Inventors: Steven A. Houser, Maclay M. Armstrong, Jeffrey A. Armstrong · Examiner: Wallace R. Burke · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application
859874
filed 2 May 1986
Publication
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US D289328
granted 14 Apr 1987

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of an orthodontic appliance accessory seen obliquely from the right side showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top rear perspective view thereof seen obliquely from the left side;

FIG. 3 is a top rear perspective view thereof seen obliquely from the right side;

FIG. 4 is a top front perspective view thereof seen obliquely from the left side;

FIG. 5 is a rear end elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front end elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a side elevation view thereof seen from the left of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a side elevation view thereof seen from the right of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a top front perspective view of a second embodiment thereof seen obliquely from the right side;

FIG. 12 is a top rear perspective view of the second embodiment thereof seen obliquely from the right side;

FIG. 13 is a top rear perspective view of the second embodiment thereof seen obliquely from the left side;

FIG. 14 is a top front perspective view of the second embodiment thereof seen obliquely from the left side;

FIG. 15 is a rear end elevation view of the second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 16 is a front end elevation view of the second embodiment thereof;

FIG. 17 is a side elevation view of the second embodiment thereof seen from the right of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a side elevation view of the second embodiment thereof seen from the left of FIG. 16;

FIG. 19 is a top plan view of the second embodiment thereof; and

FIG. 20 is a bottom plan view of the second embodiment thereof.

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D24/10

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