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Patella brace

Granted 3 Apr 1990 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Encore Medical Asset Corporation · originally Aircast, Inc.

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Inventors: Glenn W. Johnson, Jr. · Examiner: Wallace R. Burke · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 19 May 1987
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US D307054
granted 3 Apr 1990

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Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a patella brace showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an end elevational view thereof; and

FIG. 6 is an end elevational view thereof, opposite that shown in FIG. 5.

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D24/64

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