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Respirator having folded nose region

Granted 13 May 2014 · 8 office actions

Assignee: 3M Company

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Inventors: Philip D. Eitzman, Dean R. Duffy · Examiner: Richard E Chilcot · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/364,581
filed 25 Jun 2010
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US D704824
granted 13 May 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a view taken in the…

FIG. 1 is a view taken in the direction of lines 1 - 1 of FIG. 3 , showing the new design for a respirator having a folded nose region;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a broken left side view, the right side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the circled region in FIG. 3 .

The respirator is shown in an open in-use condition; it also may be folded flat for storage. The broken line showing forms no part of the claimed design, and the shading is provided to illustrate contour only and is not an indication of texture, gloss, etc.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/110

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5
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Richard E Chilcot
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