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Suction adapter

Granted 30 Sep 2014 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc. · originally Smith & Nephew

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Inventors: Stephen Gianelis, Ed Armstrong, Michael Salame, Dan Nelsen +2 · Examiner: Wan Laymon · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/405,978
filed 8 Nov 2011
Publication
Not published
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US D714433
granted 30 Sep 2014

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of another…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a suction adapter.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the suction adapter of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the suction adapter of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a front view of the suction adapter of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the suction adapter of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the suction adapter of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the suction adapter of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of portion 8 of the suction adapter of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of portion 9 of the suction adapter of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a suction adapter.

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the suction adapter of FIG. 10 .

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the suction adapter of FIG. 10 .

FIG. 13 is a front view of the suction adapter of FIG. 10 .

FIG. 14 is a rear view of the suction adapter of FIG. 10 .

FIG. 15 is a right side view of the suction adapter of FIG. 10 .

FIG. 16 is a left side view of the suction adapter of FIG. 10 .

FIG. 17 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of portion 17 of the suction adapter of FIG. 10 ; and,

FIG. 18 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of portion 18 of the suction adapter of FIG. 10 .

The broken lines in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/108

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Pendency
2.9 y
1,057 days filing → grant
Office actions
1
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Responses
2
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Examiner
Wan Laymon
art unit 2916 · TC 2900
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