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Lid for a sharps container

Granted 9 Jan 2001 · no office action yet

Assignee: Graphic Controls Corporation

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Inventors: Imre Tischler, Rodolfo Gaba, James M. Arganda, Ignaty Gusakov +2 · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
100191
filed 4 Feb 1999
Publication
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US D436171
granted 9 Jan 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lid for a sharps container, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the lid for a sharps container, which is identical to the rear view, the right side view, and the left side view;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the lid for a sharps container; and,

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the lid for a sharps container.

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D24/131D34/11

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