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Orthopadeic washer

Granted 1 Oct 1996 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Zimmer, Inc. · originally Zimmer Biomet

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Inventors: David P. Luman, S. Kyle Hayes, E. Marlowe Goble · Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas · AU 294 · TC 2900

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filed 12 Dec 1995
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US D374287
granted 1 Oct 1996

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an orthopaedic washer showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along lines 5--5 of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 6 is an end elevational view thereof.

The broken line showing of the screw member in FIG. 3 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D24/145D24/146D24/235D24/147

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