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Male enteral coupling

Granted 14 Mar 2017 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Avanos Medical Sales, LLC · originally NEOMED, INC.

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Inventors: Benjamin Martin Davis, Aaron N. Ingram, John Burke, Tony Doherty +1 · Examiner: David Muller · AU 2919 · TC 2900

Application
29/501,734
filed 8 Sep 2014
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US D781417
granted 14 Mar 2017

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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 male enteral coupling according to our new design.

FIG. 2 is a second perspective view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a first side elevation view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a second side elevation view thereof.

FIG. 5 is a first end view thereof.

FIG. 6 is a second end view thereof.

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken line showing of male enteral coupling is included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the “article” and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D24/127

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