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Suction adapter

Granted 29 Dec 2015 · no office action yet

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

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

Application
29/501,203
filed 2 Sep 2014
Publication
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US D746435
granted 29 Dec 2015

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one 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 shown in the figures represent portions of the suction adapter that 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
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Examiner
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art unit 2916 · TC 2900
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