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Dilator handle

Granted 8 Dec 2009 · no office action yet

Current assignee: AVENT, INC. · originally Kimberly Clark Worldwide

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Inventors: Joe Cesa, Brian J. Cuevas, Marjory Greenhalgh, Michael Sleva · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/320,492
filed 27 Jun 2008
Publication
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US D605759
granted 8 Dec 2009

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the tapered dilator handle with a detachable tip and other items shown in phantom.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the tapered dilator handle.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the tapered dilator handle; and,

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the tapered dilator handle.

The broken line showing in FIG. 1 is for the purpose of illustrating detachable tip and other items of the tapered dilator handle and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/133D24/135

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Examiner
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