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Granted 14 Mar 2017 · no office action yet

Application
29/470,595
filed 23 Oct 2013
Publication
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US D781436
granted 14 Mar 2017

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a sample collector of the present invention, showing a semi-transparent body and a lid having a collector on the tip.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the sample collector of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the sample collector of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the sample collector of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the sample collector of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the sample collector of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the sample collector of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a front view of the lid of the sample collector of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the lid of the sample collector of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 10 is a front view of the sample collector of FIG. 1 with the lid removed.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the sample collector taken along line 11 - 11 located in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 12 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the sample collector taken along line 12 - 12 located in FIG. 10 .

FIG. 13 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the sample collector taken along line 13 - 13 located in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the sample collector taken along line 14 - 14 located in FIG. 10 .

FIG. 15 is an enlarged partial cross sectional perspective view of portion the sample collector taken between the lines identified as 15 - 15 located in FIG. 14 ; and,

FIG. 16 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional perspective view of a portion the sample collector taken along line 16 - 16 located in FIG. 14 .

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/226

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