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Side rail for a bed

Granted 5 Jul 2011 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Welch Allyn · originally Hill-Rom Services, Inc.

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Inventors: Robert M Zerhusen, Richard H Heimbrock · Examiner: Janice Seeger · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/358,751
filed 31 Mar 2010
Publication
Not published
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US D640887
granted 5 Jul 2011

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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 side rail for a bed showing a laterally outboard side thereof.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the side rail showing a laterally inboard side thereof.

FIG. 3 is an outboard side elevation view of the side rail.

FIG. 4 is a rear elevation view of the side rail.

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view of the side rail.

FIG. 6 is a top view of the side rail.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the side rail; and,

FIG. 8 is an inboard side elevation view of the side rail.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D06/503

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